With or without a deal, Israel intends to pursue the operation in Rafah, he said.
Mr Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel intended to pursue the operation to destroy the remaining Hamas combat formations in Rafah.
“The idea that we will halt the war before achieving all of its goals is out of the question,” he said in a statement. “We will enter Rafah and we will eliminate the Hamas battalions there – with or without a deal, in order to achieve total victory.” Visiting French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne also weighed in, telling Mr Netanyahu going ahead with the Rafah operation would be a “bad idea” that would not resolve anything.
“We can’t tell our people the occupation will stay or the fight will resume after Israel regains its prisoners,” said a Palestinian official from a group allied with Hamas. “Our people want this aggression to end.” The Israeli military said two divisions which left Gaza last week were refitting and repairing equipment and holding training and operational assessment exercises in preparation for continued operations in the enclave.
On April 30, he said any ICC arrest warrants would be a scandal on an “historic scale” but would not affect Israel’s determination to achieve its war aims.
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