US Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner said that the Israeli Defense Forces’ attacks against Hamas in the Gaza Strip are becoming increasingly targeted. In an interview Fox News He attributed this development to the IDF’s start of siege of Gaza City.
Warner emphasized that Israel has the right to self-defense and that Hamas is using residents as human shields.
“But pictures don’t lie. We have been witnessing some level of indiscriminate Israeli bombardment for several weeks, particularly artillery and some air strikes… I think that now that the troops have surrounded Gaza City, they are being targeted more,” the congressman said.
The aim of Israel’s response to Operation Iron Sword was to repel the attack, release more than 200 hostages, including foreigners, and destroy Hamas. In order to achieve this goal, Israel launched major rocket attacks on the Gaza Strip from the first day of the operation. At the same time, the Israeli National Security Council decided to stop the supply of water, food, goods, electricity and fuel to the sector. Humanitarian aid shipments to Gaza began to be sent through the Rafah checkpoint only after October 20, and it was stated that their volume was insufficient.
27 October Israel announced About the “expansion” of the ground operation in Gaza. It is not known exactly when the operation started, but before the operation, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled their homes and moved to shelters and the south of the region. On 5 November, as part of a ground operation, IDF forces surrounded Gaza City and cut off the city’s supplies; to continue fights.
Previously Netanyahu talked about his plans to demilitarize and keep the Gaza Strip under control.
Source: Gazeta
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