Netanyahu: "Surrendering to Hamas' demands will not lead to the release of the abductees - but to another massacre"
"Netanyahu does not decide who will replace Hamas, and this leads to the fact that about 60% of the aid ends up in the hands of Hamas" - said Minister Gadi Eisenkot according to a report published today (Thursday) by the Broadcasting Corporation's Network B.
According to the report, the minister strongly criticized in his party the conduct of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on the issue of the humanitarian aid flowing to the Gaza Strip: "When a prime minister takes time and does not make decisions on the important issues, Hamas restores some of its capabilities, returns to the north of the Gaza Strip and takes over the humanitarian aid."
As a reminder, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrived in Israel yesterday as part of his series of meetings in the Middle East.
This is Blinken's sixth visit to Israel since October 7.
The visit to Lincoln comes against the backdrop of statements by members of the War Cabinet and the Political-Security Cabinet, including Ministers Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot, who demand a halt to humanitarian aid to Gaza on the grounds that it falls into the hands of Hamas until there is a significant change in the mechanism, and this is against the background of American demand and pressure to actually increase and increase aid.
During a statement he made in Jerusalem, he said: "Hamas' answer includes some totally unacceptable demands, but we think it creates a space that allows for an agreement to be reached. I told Netanyahu that Israel needs to do more to reduce harm to civilians in Gaza and deliver more humanitarian aid and prevent interruptions to the arrival of humanitarian aid to Gaza."
Harshly attacked Netanyahu.
Eisenkot/Flash 90, Jonathan Zindel
Today, American Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is expected to meet with Eisenkot and the chairman of the state camp, Benny Gantz, and discuss with them the reduction of humanitarian aid to the Strip.
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