Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday (October 16) told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Israel is determined to win the war against Hamas."Let me tell you, Mr Secretary, this will be a long war, the price will be high, but we are going to win -- for Israel, for the Jewish people and for the values that both countries believe in," Yoav Gallant told Blinken at the defence ministry in Tel Aviv.