Israel on Thursday reiterated its intention to enter the Gaza Strip’s Rafah town to eliminate the remaining Hamas battalions, vowing to achieve a “total victory” in doing so.
The Biden administration and Israel are at odds over whether Israel should enter Rafah. reportedly He discussed the topic with White House officials in a Zoom call earlier this week.
Breitbart News asked Israeli government spokeswoman Raquela Karamson at a press conference: “Are the humanitarian costs of the delay greater than the humanitarian costs of Israel entering Rafah immediately and ending the war in victory?”
Karamson declined to give specifics, but said Israel’s entry into Rafah was “the completion of the war against Hamas” and that Israel would do so “to destroy the remaining battalions” of the terrorist organization. .
She quoted wartime cabinet minister Benny Gantz, an opposition figure who recently called for new elections, as saying that you can’t put out 80% of the fires and keep 20% burning.
“When the time comes to enter Rafa, we will do so and achieve a complete victory there,” she said.
The move comes as Israel calls up reservists for its air defense forces and cancels leave for combat troops in anticipation of Iranian reaction after Israel killed two Iranian generals in an airstrike in Damascus, Syria, earlier this week. Karamson said.
He also reiterated Israel’s regret over the accidental killing of seven World Central Kitchen workers earlier this week, and said an earlier investigation by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had concluded that the airstrike was not responsible for the attack. It was determined that the incident was caused by a misunderstanding between night and night. complex conditions.
On Tuesday, President Joe Biden issued a statement saying, “Israel is not doing enough to protect aid workers who are trying to deliver desperately needed aid to civilians. He did not mention Hamas’ role in stealing aid supplies or using civilians as human shields.
Asked for a response to Breitbart News, Karamson said: “Over the course of this war, we have seen how the IDF has gone above and beyond to create humanitarian corridors and keep populations out of harm’s way. I think it has come.
“We certainly did everything we could, [and] “We will continue to do everything we can to protect aid supplies and Palestinian civilians,” she said.
Karamson also referred to recent protests against the Israeli government in Jerusalem and called for new elections by the opposition.
Asked whether Israel believes the Biden administration is encouraging a “color revolution” by supporting protests and calls for new elections, Karamson said: “Israel is a democracy. . . . If someone wants to protest something, they have the right to do so peacefully. I think we saw a situation like this last year. For six months, people They were peacefully protesting in the streets.
“Israel is a democracy, the United States is a democracy, and protest is the right of the people.”
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