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Benjamin Netanyahu and the Gaza Strip after the Israeli attack
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247 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing intense criticism and questions about his management in the current conflict in the Gaza Strip. In an interview with CNN, Netanyahu compared the situation to historical events and asked whether people had questioned President Franklin Roosevelt after the attack on Pearl Harbor or George W. Bush after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, an agency report said Sputnik.
The intensity of the attacks in the Gaza Strip led to a deterioration in Netanyahu’s image, including among Israelis. The prime minister argued that his government’s responsibility for the unexpected October 7 attack could only be discussed after the conflict had ended.
Over the course of the war, Hamas rockets hit several Israeli cities, killing around 1,400 people. Netanyahu acknowledged that he will face difficult questions in the wake of the conflict, which has left more than 11,000 Palestinians dead in the Gaza Strip alone and caused suffering to civilians due to lack of food, medicine, fuel and water.
The Israeli attacks, which had no expected ceasefire, hit schools, hospitals and UN shelters and led to several countries calling for investigations into Tel Aviv for war crimes and human rights abuses.
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Asked about the bombing of these sites, Netanyahu assured that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) strives to minimize civilian casualties, saying that they “help create safe neighborhoods.”
The conflict has already led to the forced relocation of more than 1.6 million Palestinians from the north to the south of the Gaza Strip, although there are routes to safer areas. The protests in Tel Aviv on Saturday (11) reflected popular dissatisfaction with the government’s conduct of the war.
Netanyahu continues to reject the idea of extended humanitarian pauses to increase imports of essential goods into the Gaza Strip. He compared such a pause to the postNormandy strategy in World War II, emphasizing the refusal to grant “endless pauses” like Hamas wanted.
The prime minister also addressed the hostage issue and suggested the possibility of an agreement to release some of the approximately 240 hostages held by Hamas. However, Hamas acknowledged difficulties in the negotiations and pointed to the complexity of the process.
The destruction in Gaza, already one of the most densely populated regions in the world, has exacerbated the situation of extreme poverty that relied on humanitarian aid before the conflict. The UN condemned the destruction of entire neighborhoods and warned of the emergence of a new generation of unjustly treated Palestinians who are prone to perpetuating the cycle of violence.
The war between Hamas and Israel, which began on October 7, has seen unprecedented attacks, massive troop mobilizations and hostage searches. Many countries are calling for a ceasefire and a twostate solution as the only way to achieve lasting peace in the region.