A senior Israeli security official stated on Wednesday that The war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip could last until the end of the year. In order to achieve the objective of destroying the Palestinian Islamist group.
Israelis protested Saturday night and They called for a ceasefire and the resignation of the prime minister hardliner Benjamin Netanyahu. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Tel Aviv to demand that the government to an agreement with Hamas to secure the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza.
The end of the war in the Gaza Strip according to the Israeli official
“We may have another seven months of fighting to consolidate our success and achieve what we have defined as the destruction of the power and military capabilities of Hamas,” said national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi. “For us, victory means destroying Hamas’s military capabilitiesbring back all the hostages and ensure that at the end of the war there are no more threats from Gaza,” he added.
“In other words, there will be no more Iranian-funded terrorist armies on our border,” Hanegbi stressed in statements given from Cyprus to the Israeli public broadcaster Kan.
The advisor reported on discussions about the future of Gaza in the postwar period
“We are trying to plan what will happen after the war, so that Palestinians are responsible for their own lives,” he declared. “We will be responsible for Israel’s security, but we do not want to govern in Gaza,” he said.
Nearly eight months after the start of the war, Israel is facing growing international pressure to reach a truce. already lawsuits against him before international courts based in The Hague. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains steadfast in his determination to “annihilate” Hamas, in power in the Gaza Strip since 2007.
When did the conflict start?
The conflict broke out on October 7when Islamist commandos killed 1,189 peoplemostly civilians, in southern Israel, according to an AFP report based on official Israeli data. The militants also kidnapped 252 people. Israel claims that 121 remain kidnapped in Gaza, of which 37 have died.
In response, Israel launched an air and ground offensive against Gaza, that I leave until at the moment 36,096 deadmostly civilians, according to the Ministry of Health of the Hamas government.
Source: Ambito
