Netanyahu: "The war inside Gaza is going to be long"

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a press conference in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel, on October 28. Abir Sultan/Pool/AFP/Getty Images

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday drew a connection between the conflict with Hamas and the Arab-Israeli War between 1947 and 1949, which occurred as Israel declared its independence.

“The war inside Gaza is going to be long. This is our second independence war. We're going to save our country,” Netanyahu said.