Matthew Millet, head of the press service of the US State Department, said that the American administration finds the statements of Israeli Minister of Jerusalem Affairs and Heritage Amichai Eliyahu about a possible nuclear bombing of the Gaza Strip unacceptable. This was reported by TASS.
He declined to comment on Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s call for an investigation into whether Israel has nuclear weapons.
Millet added that the Israeli minister’s statements were unacceptable and that the American side was pleased that these statements were immediately rejected by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Mohammad Eslami, formerly head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran statedIsrael has actually confirmed the existence of nuclear weapons. This is how he interpreted the words of Amichai Eliyahu, Minister of Jerusalem Affairs and Heritage of the Jewish State, regarding the possibility of using such weapons in the Gaza Strip.
The situation in the Middle East escalated after thousands of Hamas militants infiltrated Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7, when Hamas announced the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcedthat the country is at war.
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. As part of the Israeli army’s ground operation on 5 November surrounded Gaza city and supplies cut off, still exists in central Gaza to continue fights.
Formerly political scientist named One of the reasons why the Palestinian-Israeli conflict flares up.