European Union diplomacy chief Josep Borrell said that only the Palestinian Authority can govern the Gaza Strip after the end of the war between Israel and the radical Hamas movement. His words guide the way Reuters.
The diplomat emphasized that Hamas can no longer control the Palestinian region.
“So who will control Gaza? “I think the only person who can do this is the Palestinian Authority,” Borrell said at the Manama Dialogue forum in Bahrain.
On November 16, Borrell visited Israel. in the name The country’s authorities must show restraint in the conflict with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
“I understand your anger, but I ask you not to succumb to anger. The head of European diplomacy said at the time: Israel’s best friends can tell you this.
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. November 5, as part of the ground operation of IDF forces surrounded Gaza city and supplies cut off, still exists in central Gaza to continue fights.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to destroy It is Hamas.