Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has renewed his demand to “invade Rafah and impose management over all the Gaza Strip”.
“Abandoning Israeli crimson traces and pursuing Hamas with a purpose to attain an settlement will solely take away the chance to return all detainees,” Smotrich posted on X on Sunday, April 14.
He added, “It’s time to study classes, change path, and head to Rafah now, and restore full Israeli management over all the Gaza Strip.”
Warnings are growing over the Israeli bombing of Rafah, with preparations to invade it by land. This poses a hazard to displaced individuals who have taken refuge there because the final refuge within the southern Strip.
Smotrich remarks got here after Netanyahu’s workplace introduced that it had obtained a damaging response from the Hamas motion concerning a proposal for a truce in Gaza.
On Sunday morning, Netanyahu’s workplace thought of that Hamas responded “negatively” to the outlines supplied to it by the mediators concerning the ceasefire proposal with Israel, which it obtained final Monday.
“Greater than every week after the assembly in Cairo, Hamas responded negatively to the broad outlines offered to it by the mediators.”
“The rejection of the proposal by the three mediators, which included probably the most important flexibility on Israel’s half, proves that Sinwar doesn’t need a humanitarian deal and the return of the hostages, is constant to use the stress with Iran and is striving to unite the sectors and obtain a common escalation within the area.”
“Israel will proceed to attempt to appreciate the goals of the warfare with Hamas with full pressure, and go away no stone unturned to return the 133 hostages from Gaza forthwith,” it added.
The assertion from Netanyahu’s workplace got here at a time when protests are escalating in Israel demanding a prisoner alternate settlement and a ceasefire in Gaza.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel’s army offensive in Gaza has resulted within the deaths of 33,686 Palestinians and accidents of 76,309, in keeping with the Ministry of Well being.
