Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday defended the newly extended military offensive in Gaza in Gaz and said that despite growing criticism at domestic and international level, Israel “has no choice but to complete work and fully defeat Hamas.”
Despite the growing concerns between Israelis during the 22 -month War, Prime Minister Netanyahu said that the security cabinet ordered last week to dismantle the Hamas fortress not only in the city of Gaza, but also in the “central camps” and Muwasi. The source familiar with the operation, speaking anonymously to speak publicly, confirmed to the Associated Press agency that Israel is planning operations in both areas.
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The camps-hiding of more than half a million displaced people, according to the UN-did not have part of the Israeli announcement on Friday. It was not clear why, although Netanyahu faced criticism of this weekend in his ruling coalition that focusing on the city of Gaza is not enough. Netanyahu said there would be “safe zones”, but such areas have been bombed in the past, reported etc.
“No hunger”
Netanyahu, who refused starvation in Gaza and a “global campaign of lies”, spoke to foreign media just before the emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, an outrage platform, but only a small action for war.
“Our goal is not to occupy Gaza, our goal is to free Gaza,” Netanyahu said. One of the goals, said demilitaring territory, an Israeli army that has a “prevailing security control” and the responsible non -Izrael civil administration.
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Israel wants to increase the number of places to distribute assistance in Gaza, said, but in later briefing of local media claimed: “There is no hunger. There was no hunger. There was no shortage and there was no starvation policy.”
Netanyahu also announced that the instruction of the Israeli army to “bring more foreign journalists”, a remarkable shift, because the independent media approach to Gaza was limited to military reports during the war.
He reiterated his attitude that Hamas was responsible for a large part of suffering in Gaza, including civilian victims, widespread destruction and lack of humanitarian aid. “Hamas still has thousands of armed terrorists,” he said, adding that the Palestinians “ribbed” to be liberated from their reign.
Hamas responded with a lengthy statement that summed up Netanyahu’s comments as “obvious lies”.
Hungry tolls are 61,400 Palestinians in addition to the ministry’s war toll. The Ministry, part of the Run Hamas government and served by healthcare workers, does not distinguish between warriors or civilians, but says that about half of the dead were women and children. UN and independent experts consider this to be the most reliable source of war victims.
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