Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows to continue the occupation of Gaza. Several Arab leaders are giving their “tacit approval” for the offensive to continue, Netanyahu claims.
Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu the US president, the country’s most important ally, won’t listen Joe Biden warnings of hostilities in Gaza.
Israel will continue its ground attack next on the southern end of Gaza, the city of Rafah, Netanyahu vows In an interview with Politico on Sunday.
– We are going there (to Rafah). We are not leaving (the Gaza Strip), Netanyahu stated in an interview.
Rafah is packed at the moment over a million Palestinians, who have fled Israeli military operations elsewhere in the Gaza Strip. Those who took refuge in the city suffered from a lack of water, food and medicine. The city is not safe at the moment either, because Israel is carrying out airstrikes there.
On Saturday, US President Biden said In an interview with MSNBC Israel’s crossing of the “red line” if the country’s forces attack Rafah.
– I cannot accept the death of another 30,000 Palestinians, Biden said, referring to the Palestinian lives already claimed by the war.
Netanyahu was not interested in Biden’s “red line”.
– You know, I have a “red line”. It is that the terrorist attack of October 7 never happens again. Never again, Netanyahu said when Politico asked about Biden’s warning.
Netanyahu claims that the Rafah ground attack also has support from Arab leaders. According to Netanyahu, “several Arab leaders” understand and “quietly accept” the continuation of hostilities. Netanyahu claims that the Arab countries understand that “Hamas is part of Iran’s axis of terror.”
In public Arab countries have condemned Israel’s military operations in Gaza.
The war will be over even within a month, Netanyahu claims
According to Netanyahu, Israel has destroyed three quarters of Hamas fighters, and the last quarter is about to be destroyed. Netanyahu estimates that the fighting will last a couple of months at most, probably 4-6 weeks.
Netanyahu also gave his own assessment of the casualties claimed by the war. According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, which operates under the Hamas terrorist organization, the war has claimed around 31,000 Palestinian lives so far.
According to Netanyahu, Israel has killed approximately 13,000 Palestinian fighters. For every fighter, 1-1.5 Palestinian civilians have been killed, the prime minister estimates. This would put the war’s death toll at over 26,000 Palestinian fighters and civilians.