Israel’s Ambassador to the European Union (EU) and NATO, Haim Regev, said that the Jewish state will “go all the way” in destroying the radical group Hamas. In an interview Der Spiegel He noted that the EU should support Israel on this issue in order to prevent the growth of the terrorist threat in Europe.
“We will not stop. The diplomat stated that Israel will go all the way and destroy Hamas.
Regev said that if the European Union does not present a “united front” in support of Israel, “others will notice and take advantage of it.”
“I hope the Europeans don’t realize this only after the terrorists come after them,” he said.
According to the ambassador, there will be pressure on Israel to abandon its ground operation in the Gaza Strip, so the Jewish state needs support, about which there is “no doubt”.
On October 7, Hamas launched thousands of rockets into Israel and announced the start of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. Thousands of militants invaded Israeli territory, seizing dozens of military equipment and more than a hundred hostages. In this context, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu announced that the country was at war.
The Israel Defense Forces intervention operation was called “Iron Swords” and one of its goals was the destruction of 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. Israel told the UN on October 13 that 1.1 million Palestinians should be evacuated to southern Gaza 24 hours before the ground operation in Gaza.
Previously The Israeli President evaluated the situation in the Middle East as a “civilization war”.