The intense fighting with Hamas in Rafah, on the verge of end “, said the Israeli Prime Minister. “ But this does not mean the end of the war in Gaza », Specifies Benyamin Netanyahu, who is sending his Defense Minister to Washington. The latter must ensure American support in the event of war on several fronts.
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From our correspondent in Jerusalem, Sami Boukhelifa
Yoav Gallant is in Washington to present the strategy ofIsrael. He wants the start of phase III Gaza. That is to say the withdrawal of ground troops. The alternative: blitzkrieg, targeted operations, as is the case in the occupied West Bank.
The contingents of the Israeli army could thus be redeployed to the north of the country, in the event of total war with the Hezbollah. Recent weeks have been marked by an increase in exchanges of fire between Israel and the Lebanese party, which supports Hamas. The mission of the Israeli Defense Minister in Washington is therefore to ensure American military support.
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Israel, UNITED STATES, relations between the two allies are unshakeable. But they are marked by a new episode of tension. In question ? Comments from Benyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister who publicly criticized the American administration, accusing it of “ to restrict arms deliveries to Israel “.
Washington certainly threatened the Jewish state to suspend its arms deliveries, but never did so. The only restriction at the moment: the blocking of a single shipment of devastating one-ton bombs. Due to their use by the Israeli military in densely populated areas in Gaza.
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