Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated on Sunday that he saw no alternative to victory in the war against Hamas.
Israeli forces continued to advance Sunday in the Shejaia neighborhood in the northern Gaza Strip and also advanced in western and central Rafah in the south, killing at least six Palestinians and destroying several homes, medics said.
Israeli tanks, which returned to Shejaia four days ago, fired shells at several houses, trapping families inside, residents said, Reuters reported.
Speaking at the start of his weekly cabinet meeting, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated on Sunday that he saw no alternative to victory in the war against Hamas.
“Until we have achieved all our goals”
“Our forces are operating in Rafah, Shejaia, all over the Gaza Strip. Dozens of terrorists are being eliminated every day. This is a difficult fight. […]”, did he declare.
“We are determined to fight until we achieve all our goals: eliminating Hamas, recovering all our hostages, ensuring that Gaza never again poses a threat to Israel, and ensuring that our residents return safely to their homes in the south and north.”added Benjamin Netanyahu.
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The Israeli military said forces operating in Shejaia killed several Palestinian gunmen over the past day.
The vain efforts of Arab mediators
Israeli forces located military infrastructure inside a United Nations school and discovered dozens of weapons and “valuable intelligence documents”, The army also said. On Saturday, it had announced the death of two Israeli soldiers in the northern Gaza Strip.
In another raid in Shejaia, Israeli forces located a “terrorist war room” in a clinic, the army further said, again accusing Hamas of “to embed oneself in civilian structures for the purpose of terror”Hamas denies using civilian sites such as schools and hospitals for military purposes.
Anti-tank rocket and mortar shell fire
Hamas’s armed wing and its ally Islamic Jihad reported heavy clashes in Shejaia and Rafah, saying their fighters fired anti-tank rockets and mortar shells at Israeli forces.
More than eight months into Israel’s air and ground war in Gaza, militants continue to stage attacks against Israeli forces, operating in areas the Israeli military claims it took control of months ago. Efforts by Arab mediators, backed by the United States, have so far failed to broker a ceasefire.
Hamas says any deal must end the war and lead to a full Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. Israel says it will accept only temporary pauses in fighting until Hamas, which has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007, is eradicated.
