Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Iran and the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah (pro-Iran) on Monday not to test the Israeli Army in the north of the country.
“Do not test us in the north,” warned the Israeli leader, at a time when Israel is gathering troops near the territory of the Gaza Strip, in preparation for a probable offensive against Hamas after the surprise attack carried out by the Palestinian Islamists. group on October 7.
In a speech before the Israeli Knesset (Parliament), Netanyahu also stated that the world “needs to unite to defeat” Hamas, a group considered terrorist by the European Union (EU) and the United States that has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007.
“This war is yours too [comunidade internacional] war,” he said in the same speech, associating Hamas with the Nazi regime.
During the parliamentary session, which is taking place in Jerusalem and still in the presence of Netanyahu, several explosions were heard near the building, with no information so far on the number of dead or injured.
The Parliament session was eventually interrupted, although a parliamentary spokesperson told Hebrew media that it would resume as soon as possible.
The air raid sirens, which normally announce the arrival of rockets launched from Gaza by the Islamist movement Hamas, also sounded in central Israel and in Tel Aviv, the Israeli army confirmed.
According to reports from international agencies, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip gathered this Monday in hospitals and schools, seeking shelter and with little food and water.
So far, more than a million people have fled their homes ahead of an expected Israeli ground offensive, which Tel Aviv is planning to destroy Hamas, after its fighters invaded southern Israel.
As the Palestinian enclave’s stockpiles of food, water and medicine dwindle, all attention has been focused on the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt, where trucks carrying humanitarian aid have been waiting for days, as mediators press for a halt. the fire that allows them to enter Gaza and allows foreigners to leave.
Rafah, Gaza’s only link to Egypt, was closed almost a week ago due to Israeli airstrikes.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said Israel “has not taken a position to open the crossing on the Gaza side.”
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians sheltered in UN facilities receive less than a liter of water a day.
Gaza hospitals have warned that they are on the verge of collapse, with emergency generators, which ensure the operation of machines such as ventilators and incubators, having less than one day’s fuel. Hospital units also reported that drug reserves are almost depleted.
Source: TSF
