Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said that "the State of Israel launched a necessary preventive strike tonight for our security, our future and our existence. We are working to remove an existential threat posed by the antisemitic ayatollah regime, which publicly calls for our destruction and actively works toward it." According to him, "Many months of intensive and professional preparation by the IDF and other security branches culminated tonight. The Finance Ministry is prepared to support the war efforts on the front and home front, to maximally maintain functional continuity of the economy and financial systems. 'He rises like a lioness and lifts himself like a lion.' In God's name we act and with God's help we will succeed."