Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed this Wednesday that his country “has gone on the offensive” and warned that “every member of Hamas is a dead man,” as the conflict in the region continues.
“Hamas [movimento islamita palestiniano] It’s Daesh [grupo do Estado Islâmico] “And we will crush them and destroy them as the world destroyed Daesh,” he added during a first solemn speech alongside members of his war cabinet formed earlier in the day, following the agreement between the prime minister and the leader of the Israeli opposition. , Benny Gantz. .
In addition to Netanyahu and Gantz, the cabinet also includes current Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and two other senior officials who will serve as observer members.
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant assured that Hamas “will disappear from the Earth.”
“We will not accept that Israeli children and babies are murdered and that everything continues as usual,” he stressed.
Ganzt stressed, for his part, that “the State of Israel is facing one of its most difficult moments,” with its “families who have been murdered and kidnapped by a ruthless enemy that must be eliminated.”
“The fact that we are here united, side by side, is a very clear message to the enemy and, more importantly, it is a message to all the citizens of Israel,” he added.
“Here we are all together, we are all mobilized,” he assured.
Under the emergency government agreement, the government will not pass any legislation or decisions that are not related to the war while fighting continues.
The Israeli government is under intense public pressure to overthrow Hamas, after the Islamic movement’s militias invaded the border on Saturday and shot dead hundreds of Israelis in their homes, on the streets and at an outdoor music festival. free.
The agreement, which comes four days after the launch of a major offensive by the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas, will be in force during the period of war, decreed on Saturday by Netanyahu and allows to achieve a certain degree of unity after years of bitterly divided politics, at a time when it appears increasingly likely that the military will launch a ground offensive in Gaza.
Hamas, in power in the Gaza Strip since 2007, launched a surprise attack on Israeli territory on October 7, under the name of operation “Al-Aqsa Storm”, with the launch of thousands of rockets and the incursion of rebels. armed by land. sea and air.
In response, Israel bombed several Hamas facilities in that Palestinian territory from the air, in an operation it called “Iron Swords.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that his country is “at war” with Hamas, which, he recalled, was internationally classified as a terrorist movement not only by Israel but also by the United States and the European Union (EU), among others. state.
Israel, which has imposed a total siege on the Gaza Strip and has cut off the supply of water, fuel and electricity, has so far confirmed more than 1,200 deaths and 3,700 injuries since the start of the Hamas offensive, supported by Hezbollah. Lebanese and the Palestinian branch of Islamic Jihad.
On the Palestinian side, the local Ministry of Health confirmed today that, in Gaza, Israeli retaliation attacks caused at least 1,100 deaths and 5,339 injuries.
Source: TSF
