British Foreign Secretary James Cleverley has demanded that the radical group Hamas remove military infrastructure located near medical facilities in the Gaza Strip. He stated this in his meeting with. Sky News Arabia.
“We demand that Hamas release all hostages and eliminate its military infrastructure located near hospitals,” the minister said.
He stressed that the UK Foreign Office was working with Israel to ensure that humanitarian aid in the region went to civilians and not Hamas members. According to Cleverly, what Gazans need now is “not calls for a ceasefire.”
The Foreign Minister also warned Iran against any actions that could cause tension in the Middle East.
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. Against this background, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the country was at war.
The IDF’s intervention operation was called “Iron Swords” and one of its goals was the destruction of Hamas. The Israeli Air Force launched an attack on hundreds of militant targets in the Gaza Strip, and the country’s National Security Council decided to cut off water, food, goods, electricity and fuel supplies to the region. Israel announced to the UN on October 13 that 1.1 million Palestinians would be evacuated to southern Gaza ahead of the ground operation.
Previously Britain was called on to avoid “abstract” calls for a ceasefire in the Middle East.