Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday insisted that Israel’s goal in Gaza is liberation from Hamas rule, not long-term occupation, as he addressed media forward of an emergency UN Safety Council assembly.“Gazans are begging us and begging the world to be free of Hamas,” Netanyahu mentioned, calling the militant group a “genocidal organisation” dedicated to Israel’s destruction. “No nation would put up with an entity dedicated to its annihilation a stone’s throw away from its border,” he added.Netanyahu outlined that the warfare may finish if Hamas launched all hostages and laid down its arms. He accused the group of nonetheless having “1000’s of armed terrorists” in Gaza and mentioned Israel’s army plans are aimed toward dismantling this menace.Outlining his postwar imaginative and prescient for Gaza, Netanyahu mentioned the territory might be demilitarised, with Israel retaining overriding safety management. A safety buffer zone might be created alongside the Israel-Gaza border to forestall future assaults. Gaza could have a civilian administration dedicated to peaceable coexistence with Israel. “That’s our plan for the day after Hamas,” he mentioned.Netanyahu outlined the 5 ideas to conclude the warfare:
- The disarmament of Hamas
- Return of all hostages
- Demilitarisation of the Gaza Strip
- Israel taking “overriding safety management” within the Strip
- Institution of an “various civil administration” that’s not Hamas or the Palestinian Authority
“That’s our plan. Given Hamas’s refusal to put down its arms, Israel has no alternative however to complete the job and full the defeat of Hamas,” Netanyahu mentioned.The prime minister additionally vowed to “puncture the lies” surrounding Israel’s intentions in Gaza Metropolis, blasting the “world marketing campaign of lies” round Israel’s intentions. Netanyahu additionally dismissed expenses that Israel is intentionally ravenous Gaza’s inhabitants, saying such claims are “baseless.” “If Israel had a hunger coverage, nobody in Gaza would have survived after two years of warfare,” Netanyahu mentioned. He famous that “lots of of vehicles” carrying meals, water and medical provides have entered the territory and that civilians are being directed to designated protected zones away from fight. “We’ll make sure the civilian inhabitants can go away fight areas safely, and we are going to present them with the necessities, as now we have performed earlier than,” he mentioned. Netanyahu added that Israel has despatched thousands and thousands of textual content messages and made telephone calls to warn residents to evacuate hazard zones.The Israeli PM accused the worldwide media of falling for what he referred to as Hamas propaganda “hook, line and sinker.” He criticised studies of hunger in Gaza, likening them to the “malignant lies” unfold concerning the Jewish folks through the Center Ages.His remarks come because the UN Safety Council prepares to debate Israel’s plan to broaden its army presence in Gaza amid ongoing worldwide concern over the humanitarian state of affairs.