STRAIGHT. Israel-Hamas war: ‘This is just the beginning’ of Israeli operation in Gaza, says Netanyahu

Yair Lapid is furious with Netanyahu

The Israeli opposition leader, who led the government in 2022, criticized Benjamin Netanyahu for his belligerent statements last night: “The Israeli Prime Minister cannot completely plunge the country into a state of alarm in a time of emergency without revealing anything new about the families of the abductees or the North.” front,” accuses Yair Lapid. In his opinion, the Israeli Prime Minister should have provided information or remained silent. Mid-Shabbat evening, Netanyahu publicly took the floor to declare that “this (was) just the beginning of the offensive on Gaza” and that he had nothing more to say.

What happened this week

The Al-Aqsa Flood attack was launched last Saturday by Hamas in a horrific outbreak of violence against the population, surprising Israeli authorities who are still discovering more victims. The hostages were taken away. The Jewish state immediately launched an “Iron Swords” response and cut off all supplies of water, gas and food to the residents of the Gaza Strip, tens of thousands of whom are fleeing intense airstrikes by the Israeli army. Hamas continues to fire rockets at Israel despite the evacuation of large parts of the Gaza Strip, and there is sporadic fighting in Lebanon, where Hezbollah is based.

Thousands of people died on both sides. Israel is preparing to launch a ground offensive in Gaza, but observers fear deadly street fighting for both camps and hostages.

Evacuation of Gaza residents ‘impossible’

From Beijing, China, where he is concluding a three-day visit, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says Israel’s order to evacuate more than a million people from the northern Gaza Strip in one day is “completely impossible to implement.”

Hezbollah is “ready” to take part in hostilities

Hezbollah deputy leader Naim Qassem yesterday joined a demonstration in Lebanon in support of Hamas. He said his movement was “fully prepared” to take part in the fighting in Israel.

Hamas’ calls for mobilization heard

Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in the Middle East and parts of Asia yesterday, largely in response to Hamas’ demand for support on this symbolic day for Muslims. In Turkey, crowds gathered outside mosques, chanting slogans against Israel and welcoming Hamas. In Baghdad, tens of thousands of Iraqis gathered in Tahrir Square on Friday. In Indonesia, Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, suspected of masterminding the Bali bombings that killed 202 people in 2002, joined dozens of people in a march against Israel in Solo. There were thousands of them in Dhaka (Bangladesh), as well as in Sri Lanka, where signs read: “Palestine, you will never walk alone.”

Rallies were also held in Tokyo, Bulgaria, Yemen, Cape Town, India’s Kashmir region, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Egypt, Rome, Denmark and Berlin, where some demonstrators were arrested by police.

“Hamas must disappear”: Netanyahu under pressure from the Israeli population

The ground offensive that the Israeli army is preparing in the Gaza Strip will be crucial for the future prime minister, a strongman of the country for three decades who has made security his calling card. Report from our special correspondent in Tel Aviv.

Pro-Palestinian NPA demonstration banned on Sunday in Paris

The Paris police headquarters banned a demonstration “Solidarity with the Palestinian people” organized on Sunday in the Place de la République by the New Anti-Capitalist Party (NPA), which is under investigation for promoting terrorism.

The prefecture said Wednesday’s meeting was banned due to the risk of disturbing public order, like all pro-Palestinian demonstrations in France.

The second French repatriation flight arrived in Paris on Friday evening.

A second repatriation flight of French people from Israel, organized by the Foreign Ministry, landed at Paris Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport on Friday evening, an airport source told AFP.

According to the same source, there were more than 300 passengers on board who traveled for free.

Israeli Iron Dome intercepted several rockets fired from the Gaza Strip on Friday evening

Here is a view from the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip on Friday evening.

“This is just the beginning” of the Israeli operation in Gaza

“Our enemies have just begun to pay the price for this. I cannot divulge what comes next, but I tell you this is just the beginning,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday evening during an address to the nation delivered in the middle of Shabbat, the weekly holiday. history of Israel.

“We fight like lions for our home. We will never forgive or forget the barbaric actions of our enemies and we will not allow the world or anyone to forget these horrors inflicted on the Jewish people,” he added.

“We guarantee the continuation of the war thanks to the ammunition and weapons that are sent to Israel,” he said.

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