World Courant
JERUSALEM
Israeli Warfare Cupboard Minister Gadi Eisenkot accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday of sowing false illusions in regards to the ongoing navy offensive in Rafah within the southern Gaza Strip.
Through the annual Meir Dagan convention on the Netanya Educational School, Eisenkot attacked Netanyahu “for creating and pushing the idea of ‘complete victory’ towards Hamas.”
“Anybody who says that we’ll disband a number of battalions in Rafah after which deliver again the hostages is sowing a false phantasm,” he added in statements cited by The Instances of Israel newspaper.
Netanyahu claims that his offensive in Rafah goals to dismantle what he calls the “4 Hamas brigades” within the metropolis and retrieve Israeli captives held by the Palestinian group.
Israel expanded its floor offensive in Rafah on Tuesday, with its tanks reaching the middle of the town.
Israel’s present growth of its incursion into the town makes the Israeli military shut to totally management the border space between Gaza and Egypt, referred to as the Philadelphi Hall, a demilitarized buffer zone operating alongside the Gaza-Egypt border.
Earlier than the launch of the Israeli navy operation towards Rafah on Might 6, the town was residence to over 1.5 million displaced Palestinians who fled their areas throughout the Gaza Strip because of the Israeli onslaught that began on Oct. 7, 2023, following a Hamas assault.
Israel has continued its brutal offensive on Gaza following a Hamas assault on Oct. 7, 2023, regardless of a UN Safety Council decision demanding a right away cease-fire.
Greater than 36,170 Palestinians have since been killed in Gaza, the overwhelming majority being girls and kids, and over 81,400 others injured, in keeping with native well being authorities.
Almost eight months into the Israeli battle, huge swathes of Gaza lay in ruins amid a crippling blockade of meals, clear water, and drugs.
Israel stands accused of “genocide” on the Worldwide Court docket of Justice (ICJ), which in its newest ruling has ordered Tel Aviv to instantly halt its operation in Rafah, the place over 1,000,000 Palestinians had sought refuge from the battle earlier than it was invaded on Might 6.
*Writing by Mohammad Sio
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