Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi, approved the plan for the next phase of the ground operation, which will begin after the end of the hostilities in the north of the Gaza Strip. In this respect in the air Jonathan Conricus, reserve spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces, told non-governmental education organization StandWithUs:
According to him, the overall goal of the war against the radical Palestinian movement Hamas remains the same: “to restore the security of the state of Israel, to destroy the entire military infrastructure of Hamas and its leaders.”
“I will not predict events and say when, where and what we plan to do, but the aim of the operation remains the same. And the IDF is very focused on doing that,” Conricus said.
Same day Conricus statedHe said that the Israeli Armed Forces will begin a new phase of the ground operation after the completion of hostilities in the north of the Gaza Strip, that is, the destruction of the entire Hamas infrastructure.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to destroy It is Hamas.