As for the possibility of an IDF military invasion of Gaza, which has not taken place since 2014, “anything is possible today,” Olivier Rafowicz said, without saying more. “There are currently unprecedented large-scale airstrikes that are serving their purpose. All our borders and our cities must be secured at this time, hence the mobilization of 300,000 troops,” the LCI spokesman continued. Israeli army.
“I don’t know the exact number of victims on the Palestinian side, but they make no distinction between the Hamas terrorists we want to eliminate and the others. We have to be careful with the numbers we receive from the Palestinian side,” he said. he also confirmed it. He assured that the IDF had “eliminated” several “key members” of Hamas during the night, including the group’s finance minister, “the transmission belt with Iranian money, more than $100 million that goes into Hamas coffers every year for more Tunnels and rockets flow.” and weapons. “We will continue to target and eliminate Hamas members one by one,” he insisted, asserting along the way that Iran “supports Hamas” and “has provided weapons.”
He also returned to the repeated attacks on Gaza, in which a “complete siege” was decided: “When the Allies bombed Dresden in Germany during the Second World War, Dresden was part of the Third Reich, the Germans had applauded Hitler in power. “When Hamas brought kidnapped Israelis onto the streets of Gaza, we saw the euphoria, the enthusiasm of the population, which, together with the terrorists, began to throw stones, beat children and women,” he replied. “Hamas has declared this war. It is the government of the Gaza Strip, it expects a reaction from Israel. “He and only he is responsible for the price that Hamas has to pay to the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip,” the spokesman emphasized.