Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that his country has “no other choice” than to continue fighting in Gaza. He also added that the war against the enclave will only end when three objectives are achieved.
The Israeli Prime Minister says that fighting in Gaza is subject to successfully achieving three goals; Destroying Hamas, freeing all hostages and ensuring that the enclave is no threat to Israel in the future.
His comments came after 92 Palestinians were killed and more than 200 others were injured in two days, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health. Israeli troops have increased their attacks to put Hamas to release the hostages and disarm.
Netanyahu undergoes increasing pressure at home not only from hostage families and his supporters, but also of retired Israeli reservists and soldiers who question the continuation of the war after Israel broke a ceasefire last month.
In his statement, he said Hamas had rejected Israel’s last proposal to release half of the hostages for a continuous ceasefire.
Since Israel put an end to the ceasefire-negotiated by Qatar, Egypt and the United States-on March 18, Israeli attacks through Gaza cost the lives of almost 1,800 people and injured nearly 4,700 others.
The number of deaths in the Gaza Strip has increased to 51,157, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health managed by Hamas, which does not distinguish between civilian victims and combatants. The UN says that women and children have represented more than two thirds of all the deaths they have been able to verify.
In northern Gaza, Israeli forces struck a civil area in the city of Beit Lahia, killing at least four people.
In the center of Gaza, two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp.
The Israeli air strikes have struck tents housing the displaced Palestinians, killing at least 10 people in the southern city of Khan Younis.
Meanwhile, Israeli Defense Forces (FDI) said in a statement that one of his soldiers had been killed and three others seriously injured in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip on Saturday.
The killed soldier was G'Haleb Sliman Alnasasra, a 35 -year -old tracker from the city of Bedouin de Rahat in southern Israel, according to the press release.
He was the first Israeli soldier to be killed in Gaza since the resumption of Israeli military operations in Gaza last month.
Israel has promised to intensify attacks through Gaza and to occupy large “safety zones” inside the small coastal band of more than 2 million people indefinitely. Hamas wants Israeli forces to withdraw from the territory.
Israel has also blocked Gaza in the past six weeks, except for food and other products.
ADVERTISEMENTThis week, aid groups raised the alarm, saying that thousands of children have become malnourished and that most people are eating a meal a day while stocks decrease, according to the United Nations.
The head of the Eastern Mediterranean office of the World Health Organization, Dr. Hanan Balky, urged the new American ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, to push the country to raise the blocking of Gaza so that medication and other help can enter.
The war began when activists led by Hamas attacked southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing around 1,200 people, mainly civilians and removing 251.
Most hostages have been published in ceasefire agreements or other offers. Hamas currently has 59 hostages, 24 of which are still considered alive.
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