The war between Hamas and Israel is on: “We will do it differently,” said the Israeli army spokesman on Saturday, January 6, after Prime Minister Netanyahu reiterated his desire to continue the war until “Gaza is no longer a threat represents.”
Three months after the bloody attack on its soil, the Israeli army announced this Saturday evening, January 6, that it had “completed the dismantling of the Hamas military structure in the north of the Gaza Strip” and is now focusing on dismantling the Hamas military structure concentrate Palestinian Islamist movement “in the center and south of this territory.”
“We will do it differently […] “It takes time, there are no shortcuts in the fight against terrorism,” Israeli army spokesman General Daniel Hagari said in a news conference as the war entered its final phase on Sunday.
Shortly before, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had once again made it clear in a press release that he was against ending the war without having achieved all the goals, which consist of “eliminating Hamas, freeing the hostages and for this ensure that Gaza no longer exists.” a threat to Israel.
During the day, the Israeli Air Force continued to carry out deadly strikes from the north to the south of the Gaza Strip. According to a recent report from the Hamas Ministry of Health, Israeli operations in the Gaza Strip have left 22,722 dead, mostly women, children and teenagers, and more than 58,000 injured.
After the unprecedented attack on Israeli soil on October 7 that killed around 1,140 people, mostly civilians, Israel vowed to destroy Hamas. About 250 people were kidnapped, about 100 of whom were released during a ceasefire in late November.
“Israel has announced its goal of eliminating Hamas. “There must be another way to eradicate Hamas that would not cause so many deaths,” European diplomacy chief Josep Borrell argued on Saturday during a visit to Lebanon.
Hamas appeals to the USA
In a video message, Hamas leader Ismaïl Haniyeh called on the head of American diplomacy, currently touring the Middle East, Antony Blinken, to “move toward the end” of the Israeli offensive and the “end of the occupation of all Palestinian land.” focus.
“The future of the Gaza Strip” will be “determined by the Palestinian people and not by Israel,” which “all scenarios assume.” […] will only lead to failure,” Hussein al-Sheikh, a senior Palestinian Authority official in the occupied West Bank, said on Saturday in response to post-war paths presented by Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Thursday.
This plan, which has yet to be examined by a divided government, envisages entrusting the administration of the Gaza Strip to “Palestinian entities,” but excluding Hamas, which is designated a terrorist group notably by Israel, the United States and the European Union.