Israeli Emergency War Cabinet Minister and former head of the country’s Ministry of Defense Benny Gantz said on the radio station: “Galei Israeli Armed Forces”He said the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will continue operations against the Palestinian radical group Hamas in the Gaza Strip even after the hostages are released.
“Even if the return of the hostages is suspended, we will return and hit the enemy with all our strength,” he said.
Gantz added that the operation is now expanding, strengthening and deepening.
Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi, formerly Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) approved the plan The next phase of the ground operation, which will begin after the end of hostilities in the northern Gaza Strip.
Israel Defense Forces Reserve Spokesperson Jonathan 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.
Previously EU diplomacy chief Josep Borrell in the name Israel will take into account the “rules of war” when operating in Gaza.