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Benjamin Netanyahu has given an interview to the US broadcaster ABC. © Abir Sultan/Pool European Pressphoto Agency/AP/dpa
Israel's forces are advancing deep into the city of Gaza, destroying tunnels and killing Hamas commanders. Prime Minister Netanyahu makes people sit up and take notice with statements about the future of the Gaza Strip. An overview.
Tel Aviv/Gaza/Washington - Israel will retain responsibility for security in the Gaza Strip indefinitely, according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "We've seen what happens when we don't have them," Netanyahu said in an interview with US broadcaster ABC when asked who should govern the area after the end of the Gaza war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas organization. "Because if we don't have control over security, Hamas' terror will erupt on a scale that we can't imagine."
Netanyahu made the remarks ahead of a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in the Japanese capital Tokyo. The future of the Gaza Strip after the end of the war will also be discussed. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said before departure that Tokyo would "therefore also be about thinking beyond the day, such as discussing practical steps towards a two-state solution".
Israel Reports Military Successes in Gaza Strip
One month after the massacre perpetrated by the Islamist Hamas in Israel, Israeli forces have penetrated deep into the Gaza Strip. Ground troops are already deployed in the city of Gaza, increasing pressure there, army spokesman Daniel Hagari said on Monday evening. Earlier, according to their own statements, the armed forces had already divided the Gaza Strip in half and completely encircled the city of Gaza.
In the past 24 hours, several commanders of Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, have been killed, army spokesman Hagari said. Two of them were the masterminds of the massacre in Israel on October 7. In addition, the military destroyed several entrances to underground tunnels. Many of them are located near schools, hospitals and humanitarian facilities. Tank and ground troops had discovered launch pads for 50 missiles near a mosque.
Army spokesman: Hamas terrorists are not safe in any place
Palestinian eyewitnesses reported on Monday that the roof of Shifa Hospital had been damaged in the course of Israeli attacks. Asked if Israel would also attack the clinic, which the army said also serves as a Hamas command center, the spokesman said, "We will go deeper into the city of Gaza and get to any place where there are terrorists." There is "no place where Hamas terrorists will be safe from attacks by the army"
Netanyahu rules out a general ceasefire in the Gaza Strip for the time being
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ruled out a longer ceasefire in the Gaza Strip for the time being. "Without the release of the hostages, there will be no general ceasefire in the Gaza Strip," Netanyahu told ABC. "As far as tactical pauses are concerned - an hour here, an hour there - we can check the circumstances to bring in humanitarian supplies and bring out individual hostages. But I don't think there will be a general ceasefire."
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According to Netanyahu, a general ceasefire would run counter to Israel's war aims. "That would hinder our efforts to free our hostages, because the only thing these Hamas criminals understand is the military pressure we are exerting," he said in the ABC interview.
On average, 33 trucks carrying aid arrive in Gaza every day
In the Gaza Strip, an average of 33 trucks of aid arrive daily for the suffering population, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent. A total of 21 trucks have arrived since the reopening of Egypt's Rafah border crossing on October 569, including 93 trucks on Monday evening. According to the UN, 100 truckloads are needed every day to provide the more than two million people in the Gaza Strip with basic necessities
More foreigners to leave the Gaza Strip - including Germans
Once again, hundreds of foreigners and Palestinians with second passports are expected to leave the Gaza Strip for Egypt this Tuesday. Among the approximately 600 people leaving the country, about 150 are Germans, according to a list compiled by the Palestinian border authority. According to the list, the other departures come from France, Canada, Ukraine, Romania and the Philippines, among others. On Monday, more than 300 foreigners left the Gaza Strip, including 100 Egyptians, Egyptian security sources said.
Emirates want to build military hospital in Gaza Strip
In view of the dramatic situation in the Gaza Strip, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) wants to build a field hospital there. On the instructions of Emirati President Mohammed bin Sajid, the hospital was to provide necessary medical assistance to the Palestinian population in the coastal area, the state news agency WAM reported. Five planes have already taken off from Abu Dhabi with the necessary equipment for the hospital. The cargo was to be unloaded in the Egyptian town of Al-Arish and then taken to the Gaza Strip. The field hospital will be equipped with 150 beds and will cover various medical specialties.
UN chief speaks of "crisis of humanity" in the Gaza Strip
UN Secretary-General António Guterres described the situation in the Gaza Strip as a "crisis of humanity." He reiterated his call for the immediate release of the hostages taken to Gaza and for a humanitarian ceasefire. "Gaza is becoming a graveyard for children," Guterres said in New York.
Israel's ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, sharply criticized the remarks. "It has been more than 30 days since the children in the south of Israel were deliberately slaughtered by Hamas terrorists, but you have said nothing about a 'cemetery for children' into which the south of Israel has been turned," he wrote on Platform X. Guterres has "lost his moral compass" and must resign.
Jordan draws "red line" in war
Jordan, meanwhile, drew a "red line". Attempts to expel Palestinians from the Gaza Strip or the West Bank will be considered a "declaration of war" by the kingdom, Jordanian Prime Minister Bisher al-Khasawneh said on Monday, according to the state-run Petra news agency. The "brutal attacks on ambulances and humanitarian workers" in the Gaza Strip contradict "the principle of self-defense." According to Al-Khasawneh, all options are on the table.
What is becoming important today
In view of the plight of the civilian population in the Gaza Strip, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock wants to call for ceasefires at the G7 meeting in Japan this Tuesday. "We will talk about how we can now join forces to achieve humanitarian pauses to alleviate the suffering of the people in Gaza," the Green politician announced before the working lunch of the G7 foreign ministers in Tokyo. The Islamist Hamas must no longer determine the fate of the people in the Gaza Strip, Baerbock demanded. In Tokyo, it will therefore also be a matter of thinking beyond the day, for example discussing practical steps towards a two-state solution."
Flares fired by Israeli forces in the northern Gaza Strip. © Abed Khaled/AP
Development Minister Svenja Schulze meets the head of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Jordan. The talks in the capital Amman are likely to focus primarily on Germany's suspended payments to the organization. Following Hamas' attack on Israel on 7 October, the German government temporarily halted its aid payments to the Palestinian territories and to Palestinian refugees in neighbouring countries and announced a thorough review of all projects. Dpa