Netanyahu warns Israel will ‘exact very high price’ if attacked after killing Hezbollah, Hamas commanders

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday warned that those who attack the Jewish State will pay a "very high price" after confirming that Israel killed top Hezbollah and Hamas commanders in recent strikes.

Netanyahu held an in-depth assessment at Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Home Front Command with generals and senior officers following the confirmed deaths of Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr and Hamas commander Muhammad Deif.

"Israel is in a state of very high readiness for any scenario – on both defense and offense," Netanyahu said. "We will exact a very high price for any act of aggression against us from any quarter whatsoever."

Shukr, who was also known as Hajj Mohsin, was behind a drone strike that killed 12 children and teens at a soccer field in the Golan Heights over the weekend. He served as a senior adviser to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah at the time he was killed in an IDF strike on Tuesday in southern Beirut.

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According to the IDF, Deif initiated, planned and executed the October 7th Hamas terror attacks against Israel along with Yahya Sinwar, the top Hamas leader in Gaza. Hamas terrorists killed 1,200 people in southern Israel and abducted 251 hostages into the Gaza Strip. Sinwar is believed to remain in hiding in Gaza. 

Israel confirmed on Thursday that Deif was killed in an IDF strike in Gaza on July 13.

Speaking on the death of Deif, Netanyahu said, "His elimination underscores a simple principle which we have set: Whoever harms us, we will harm them."

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Tensions in the Middle East were further heightened this week after Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran. Israel has not come out publicly to claim responsibility for the killing, but Iran and Hamas are accusing the Jewish state of being behind it.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has said it is "Iran's duty to avenge Haniyeh's blood, because he was martyred on our soil."

Fox News’s Yonat Friling, Scott McDonald, Chris Pandolfo and Greg Norman contributed to this report.

Singer Mýa says being celibate for 7 years 'was necessary': 'It's a very spiritual thing'

R&B singer Mýa does not regret practicing celibacy for seven years – in fact, she encourages it.

The 44-year-old was a guest on the "Way Up with Angela Yee" show and admitted that during her celibacy period, she had the most "mental clarity."

"Just doing without, it shifted my mindset," Mýa shared of her journey. "It was no longer a focus. The rush to be in a relationship, the rush to be married, the rush to be in something because that's what you're taught to do — to have kids or procreate. And I think there's a lot of pressure on women to be able to do that."

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Mýa went on to share that self-love was important to her during this period.

"Love is beautiful, and I think the world always needs more of it, but I think you must start with yourself," she said. "And I have to start with self always, versus expecting from other sources."

She concluded with, "So it was just reconditioning. I think it's something that was necessary because it's a very spiritual thing. And you must be very selective if you want better results. That self-accountability started with me by shutting that part of my life off."

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Mýa being deemed a "sex-symbol" early on in her career as one of the reasons she became celibate.

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"There's a lot of things that are said about you and you ingest all of that... at an early age," she said. "And then the aesthetic you may come with is totally opposite of who you actually really are, and it intersects in your life when you're trying to date or maybe taking photos with other celebrities, and so it can get very tricky."

Mýa continued, "But I think a lot of things that are sacred should just remain private, for me until, of course, I'm solid, and I'm ready and the foundation of us is together, and even then it's a risk. So I don't really play with that part of my life publicly."