Prime Minister made these statements before a meeting with the Ministers of Defense and Strategic Affairs, as well as the Israeli Army Chief of Staff
The Prime Minister of,, said on Tuesday (5), that his army must “fully defeat” him to get the liberation of hostages before a security office meeting to prepare a new phase of the war. “It is necessary to completely defeat the enemy in Gaza, free all our hostages and ensure that Gaza is no longer a threat to Israel. We have not abandoned any of these missions,” Netanyahu said during a visit to a military base, according to a statement from his office.
According to communication vehicles, Netanyahu made these statements before a meeting with the defense ministers and strategic affairs, as well as the head of the Israeli Army Staff. The office meeting, announced by the press, but has not officially confirmed the organization so far, will coincide with a session of the issue of Israeli hostages, requested by Israel, who wants the issue to occupy the “center of the world agenda”.
Quoting government sources that spoke under the condition of anonymity, Israeli media reported that “Netanyahu wants the Israeli army to win the entire range of Gaza,” said public radio Kan. Several members of the cabinet who talked to the prime minister “confirmed that he decided to expand the fight for the areas where hostages can be retained,” according to the station.
‘All necessary measures’
Israel must take “all the necessary measures to defeat Hamas” in the Gaza Strip, Defense Minister Israel Katz said. Like other communication vehicles, the Maariv newspaper has pointed out that this decision could mean that the army will “start fighting in areas” that has avoided in recent months “for fear of affecting hostages, including refugee camps in the center of the Gaza Strip”. The media speculates about a possible opposition from the army’s head of the state-of-the-section, Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir.
In war against Hamas since the attack of the Palestinian Islamist movement in its territory, on October 7, 2023, the Israeli government faces increasing pressure to find a solution to the conflict.
Netanyahu suffers double pressure: in Israel by the situation of the 49 hostages captured on October 7 that continue in captivity, of which 27 would have died, according to the army; And in the rest of the world for the suffering of more than two million Palestinians living in the range of Gaza, devastated and threatened by “widespread hunger,” according to the UN.
“The ball is in the field of the occupant (Israel) and Americans,” commented a Hamas political leader, Hosam Badran, affirming the will of the movement of “stopping war and ending hunger.”
“The mediators are still in contact with us, but so far there are no new proposals, ideas, no advances regarding the resumption of negotiations,” he added in statements to AFP, ensuring that his movement is “willing to resume dialogues from which they were interrupted” after failing in July.
On the ground, the Civil Defense reported 26 dead from the early hours of the morning in Israeli bombing and attacks. “There is no safe place in Gaza, we are all exposed to death,” said Adham Mohammad Younes, a Palestinian about thirty years.
Goods
On the morning of Tuesday, Cogat, an agency of the Ministry of Defense that supervises civil affairs in the Palestinian territories, again authorized the partial entry of private goods in the territory, in a “controlled and progressive” manner. “The goal is to increase the volume of help that enters the Gaza range and, at the same time, reducing the dependence on UN and international organizations,” said Cogat.
A “limited number of local traders” can send Gaza “Basic Food Products, Baby Foods, Fruits and Vegetables and Hygiene Items,” explained the body. The objective continues to “adopt all possible measures to prevent Hamas involvement in supplying and distributing help,” according to Cogat.
Israel imposed a total blockade on Gaza on March 2 and suspended the measure partially in May, authorizing only the entry of very limited quantities, considered insufficient by the UN. According to Cogat, more than 300 aid trucks entered Gaza on Monday. The UN estimates that at least double it is necessary.
The attack of October 7, 2023 caused the death in Israel of 1,219 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP count based on official data. In Gaza, Israel’s response offensive killed more than 60,900 people, also mostly civilians, according to the territory ministry of health, governed by Hamas since 2007. The UN has considered this data reliable.
*With information from AFP
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