The long-term goal of the campaign against Hamas is to sever all links with Gaza, Israel's defence minister says.

By Henri Astier BBC News

Israel has suggested that the long-term aim of its military campaign in Gaza is to sever all links with the territory.

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said that once Hamas had been defeated, Israel would end its “responsibility for life in the Gaza Strip”.

Before the conflict, Israel supplied Gaza with most of its energy needs and monitored imports into the territory.

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      • gmtom@lemmy.worldEnglish
        42·
        1 year ago

        Palestine is more than just Gaza. You think they are going to be okay with Israel stealing their land as long as they are notstealing land from the giant open air prison?

        • mwguy@infosec.pubOPEnglish
          12·
          1 year ago

          If the government of the West Bank was organizing this violence I’d be a lot more understanding of the violence.

    • mwguy@infosec.pubOPEnglish
      134·
      1 year ago

      0 in the Gaza Strip. 0 in the land that Hamas administers. 0 amongst the people that started the conflict.