The Chief of Staff of the IDF at the invitation of the submarine INS Dragon:
"Even these days our eyes are open to what is happening in Iran and its tributaries. The Iranian regime is wounded and beaten but has not learned to change its intentions."
He called the submarine one of the IDF's main power-building moves, which led the Navy to new peaks of capabilities: quieter, farther, deeper and more deadly.
Regarding the war, he said that the achievements of the IDF are unprecedented, and pointed to the elimination of senior officials who made the destruction of the Jewish state their stated goal.