One of the positive aspects of Operation Midnight Hammer was the acknowledgement and thanks which both President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu gave publicly for G-d's help in making it such a smashing success.  

While watching their public statements, you might have been focused on Trumps face as he was flanked by Vance and Rubio and Hegseth, and then while watching Bibi, maybe your eyes were drawn to the Kotel. 

Not me. I was looking at Bibi's tallis.

Actually, it might not really be his. Maybe when he hooked up with Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch (seen flanking the Prime Minister) he brought Netanyahu a tallis. But let's say it was his. If, like me, his tallis choice piqued your curiosity, FYI that's a Har Efraim he's wearing.

Here's what he said:

“When I first took office, I participated in the March of the Living at Auschwitz. I felt a strong need to wrap myself in a tallit and said: שמע ישראל ה’ אלוקינו ה’ אחד.

“Ten days ago, just hours before launching the historic mission against the evil regime of Iran, I visited the Kotel and again felt a strong urge to wrap myself in a tallit. I prayed for the success of our heroic pilots, our soldiers and commanders, for the security of our nation, and for the peace of our people. I placed a note in the Kotel that read: הן עם כלביא יקום ‘Behold, a people rises like a lioness and lifts itself like a lion.’” The verse is Bamidbar 23:24.

Photo credit: Western Wall Heritage Foundation