The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahuhe spoke this Sunday with the US president, Donald Trumpfor the first time since he announced his intention to take the city of Gaza, in a conversation in which he thanked him for his “Firm support for Israel” From the beginning of the offensive in the Palestine Strip.
The Netanyahu office reported on this conversation, which they maintained after the Israeli prime minister appeared before international journalists to defend the extension of his offensive in Gaza and the control of his capital, displacing a million Gazatis, decided last Friday by his government.
In a statement, it indicates that the two leaders “They addressed Israel’s plans to take control of the remaining bastions of Hamas in Gaza“, In reference to the city of Gaza and the coastal area of Al Mawasi, where hundreds of thousands of gazaties take refuge and that became considered by Israel as ‘Safe zone’ Despite continuing to attack her. “The prime minister thanked President Trump for his firm support from Israel since the beginning of the war,” says the brief statement on the call.
The conversation occurred after Netanyahu appeared this afternoon in his first press conference -a second before Israeli journalists -since the president himself acknowledged that he had not spoken with Trump since last Friday the Israeli security cabinet approved the taking of the city of Gaza. “I greatly appreciate President Trump’s support“He said during the press conference, a support that, he added, goes through asking for the release of all hostages and the elimination of Hamas de Gaza.