Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have refused to allow Washington to suspend hostilities in the Gaza Strip in any form, including a humanitarian pause. This was reported by TASS Referring to American journalist Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hersh.
“The President’s demands [США] The journalist writes that the request of Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who recently visited Tel Aviv, for a “pause” in bombings was immediately rejected by Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Israeli military leadership.
Hersh argues that the Israeli leadership perceived the ceasefire and the humanitarian pause as equivalent to a pause in the bombing. He emphasizes that Israel only allowed a break in the bombardment to reload weapons.
Earlier Hersh wrote: Israel keeps in mind Possibility of flooding of Hamas tunnels.
situation in the Middle East got worse Following the infiltration of thousands of Hamas militants into Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7. More than two hundred hostages were captured.
On this day, Hamas launched thousands of rockets into Israel and announced the start of Operation Al Aqsa Flood. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the country was at war.
Israel Defense Forces Operation accepted One of the goals of the organization called “Iron Swords” is to destroy Hamas. Israeli air forces launched strikes against hundreds of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, and Israel’s National Security Council decided to cut off water, food, supplies, electricity and fuel supplies to the strip.
13 October Israel reported The UN said 1.1 million Palestinians should be evacuated to southern Gaza within 24 hours before a ground operation in Gaza.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu promise Destroy Hamas.