Netanyahu defends the planned military offensive of the city of Gaza, says it says it

Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, defended a planned military offensive on Sunday Gaza Cityto say that Israel “has no choice but to finish the work and complete the defeat of Hamas.”

Speaking to foreign media in Jerusalem, Netanyahu said that Israel’s goal was not to occupy Gaza, but “free Gaza.”

The Israeli leader said there is a “quite short schedule” in mind for the next steps in Gaza.

The objectives in Gaza, he said, include demilitarizing the enclave, maintaining the “security control” of the Israeli army and in charge of a non -Israeli civil administration.

The press conference occurred two days after Israel’s security cabinet approved a plan for the Israeli army to take over the city of Gaza. The movement caused condemns inside and outside Israeland fear that the plan exacerbate The humanitarian problems of the Gaza Strip and put the remaining living hostages of Hamas since October 7, 2023, in danger.

“We will win the war, with or without the support of others,” said Netanyahu.

Netanyahu’s speech occurred just before the United Nations Security Council celebrates an emergency meeting on Israel’s plan to take control of the city of Gaza.

The prime minister said that the plan approved by his security cabinet instructs Israel’s defense forces to dismantle the last two Hamas strengths in the city of Gaza and the central camps, while the Palestinians are channeled in “safe areas” with food and medical care.

“This is the best way to finish the war and the best way to finish it quickly,” he said.

Netanyahu also said that he had ordered the military of Israel in recent days to “bring more foreign journalists”, which could be a surprising development since his access to Gaza has been limited.

Netanyahu spoke with President Trump on Sunday about the plan, according to Prime Minister’s office.

“The two discussed Israel’s plans to take control of the remaining strengths of Hamas in Gaza to achieve the end of the war, the liberation of the hostages and the defeat of Hamas,” said Netanyahu’s office, thanking Trump for “his firm support for Israel from the beginning of the war.”

The special envoy of the United States, Steve Witkoff, will meet with Qatar Prime Minister in Spain this weekend, with the main objective of being an argument on making “viable” a new joint Egyptian-Qatari proposal on the return of the hostages in the hands of Hamas in Gaza, News themezone has reported.

Two Arab officials told The News that the new fire frame would include the release of all hostages, dead and alive, all in exchange for the time at the end of the war and the withdrawal of the Israeli forces of Gaza.

The United States defends Israel at the Security Council meeting

The United States defended Israel, saying that you have the right to decide what is best for its safety. He called the accusations of genocide in Gaza False.

The United States has veto power in the Council and can block the actions proposed there.

Other council members and UN officials expressed alarm. China described the “collective punishment” of people in unacceptable Gaza. Russia warned against an “reckless intensification of hostilities.”

“This is no longer an imminent hunger crisis; this is hunger,” said Ramesh Rajasingham with the UN Humanitarian Office. “Humanitarian conditions are more than horrible. We have been frankly words to describe it.”

More Palestinians killed while looking for help in Gaza

At least 26 Palestinians were killed while looking for help in the Gaza Strip on the last day, hospitals and witnesses said to News.

Hospital officials said they received bodies of areas where the Palestinians were looking for help, either along food convoys routes or private career help distribution points in Gaza.

The dead include 10 who were killed while waiting for help trucks near the newly built Morag corridor, which separates cities from the south of Rafah and Khan Younis, Nasser Hospital said.

Six other people were killed while waiting for help in northern Gaza, near the crossing of Zikim, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health led by Hamas and the Shifa hospital in the city of Gaza, which the victims received.

Six other aid applicants were killed while trying to reach sites operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in Khan Young and Rafah, Nasser Hospital said.

Responding to News’s consultations, the GHF Media Office said: “There were no incidents in or near our sites today and these incidents seem to be linked to crowds that try to loot the convoy of help.”

Israel’s army also said there were no incidents involving Israeli troops near the sites of the Gaza’s help center.

During his press conference, Netanyahu blamed Hamas for his role in the ongoing humanitarian crisis, including civil deaths, destruction and scarcity of help.

“Hamas still has thousands of armed terrorists in Gaza,” he said, adding that the Palestinians are “begging” the world to free them.

The prime minister, who has affirmed that “there is no hunger in Gaza,” recognized hunger there, saying: “There was a problem with deprivation, there is no doubt about it.” Israel wants to increase the number of help distribution sites, he said, but did not give details.

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