Yair Netanyahu, 32, and his father, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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While more than 300,000 Israeli reservists were called up, among other… Conflict between Israel and Hamas which has already killed more than 6,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and 1,405 Israelis, an absence on the “front” draws attention: Yair Netanyahu32 years old, eldest son of the Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu.
“Yair is enjoying life in Miami Beach while I am on the front lines. Our brothers, our parents, our children are all going to the front, but Yair is not here yet. “This does nothing to build trust in the leadership of the country,” a soldier, who spoke on condition of anonymity for security reasons, told the Times.
Another soldier also criticized the absence Yair: “I came back from the States where I have a job, a life, my family. I cannot stay there at this critical moment and abandon my country, my people. Where is the Prime Minister’s son? Why not.” “It is the moment of greatest unity for us Israelis in our recent history and every one of us should be here now, including the prime minister’s son,” he said.
The eldest son of Benjamin Netanyahu, Yair, moved to Florida earlier this year and is expected to stay there. At 32, he is still old enough to be part of the reservist squad, which ends at 40.
Military service in Israel is mandatory for most Israelis from the age of 18, with the exception of Arab Israelis and religious groups. Men must serve 32 months, women 24 months. After that, most of them can be drafted into reserve units until they turn 40, or longer in the event of a national emergency.
Understand the main points of the war between Israel and Hamas:
- Since the conflict began, more than 6,546 Palestinians have died, including 2,704 children and 1,584 women, and 16,000 have been injured; on the Israeli side, 1,405 Israelis died, including 305 soldiers and 57 police officers, and more than 5,431 were injured;
- Hamas is a military, political and social organization that has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007, when it won the Palestinian parliamentary elections. The group is considered a terrorist organization by European Union countries and the United States, but not by the United Nations;
- The Gaza Strip has been under an intensive land, air and sea blockade since 2007, with restrictions on imports of basic goods, and is considered an “openair prison” by analysts, researchers and human rights organizations;
- Since 1948, Palestinians have been demanding the creation of their state (which includes the West Bank).
- On October 7, Hamas carried out the largest wave of attacks against Israel;
- Benjamin Netanyahu declared war on Hamas and spoke of the group’s destruction; Israel tightened the blockade of Gaza, cutting off electricity, fuel and water supplies and triggering an unprecedented humanitarian crisis in Gaza;
- Hamas threatened to kill the Israeli hostages in retaliation for the Israeli military response;
- Organizations warn of the risk of a worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza. With hospitals and morgues overcrowded, Palestinians are using ice cream trucks and food coolers to store corpses.
- Around a million Palestinians left their homes to seek refuge in the southern Gaza Strip; the total population of the Gaza Strip is 2.3 million, of which 47% are children;
- A bomb attack on the Baptist AlAhli Hospital in Gaza killed at least 500 people; Israel blamed Islamic Jihad for the bombing. The group denied this;
- Palestinian representative to UN called for immediate ceasefire;
- The government has already repatriated more than 1,135 Brazilians as part of Operation Returning in Peace;
- The United States vetoed the Brazilian resolution in the UN Security Council;
- The third oldest church in the world, the Church of Saint Porfírio in the Gaza Strip, was bombed on the night of Thursday 19th.
- Hamas released at least four hostages. The negotiations were conducted through Qatar. Another 200 remain imprisoned in Gaza;
- More than 100 trucks wait on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border to enter Gaza with humanitarian aid; On Saturday the 20th the border was opened for the first time.
Source: Redação Terra