The Israeli Prime Minister announced Benjamin NetanyahuIn an interview with the American magazine “Time”, he apologized for the incident. October 7 attacks (The Battle of the Flood of Al-Aqsa), and his deep regret “that something like this happened.”
Netanyahu said his fundamental mistake was to yield to the security cabinet's hesitation to launch a full-scale war, adding that the October 7 attack showed that those who said the Islamic Resistance Movement (agitation) They were wrong.
In his interview with Time, Netanyahu said that regarding the day after the war in Gaza, he “wants, as soon as Hamas leaves power, to recruit Arab countries to help install a governing Palestinian civilian entity that does not pose a threat to Israel,” something he has failed to achieve in the past period despite a number of attempts.
He added that Israel is not only facing Hamas, but “a full-fledged Iranian axis,” stressing that the Israelis realize that they must organize themselves to defend on a broader scale.
He stressed that the goal of his government in Gaza is to achieve what he described as a decisive victory, such that at the end of the fighting Hamas will not be able to claim rule over the Palestinian territories or pose a threat to Israel, and the greater and more important goal is to restore the principle of Israeli deterrence.
Regional conflict
Netanyahu said the Gaza war's expansion into a regional conflict was a risk he was aware of, but was prepared to take. He added that he would rather receive bad media coverage than a good obituary.
Netanyahu is facing severe criticism in Israeli circles, due to his failure to predict the attack on the settlements adjacent to the Strip about 8 months ago, and his handling of the issue of the Israeli detainees in Gaza after that.
On October 7, Hamas and other Palestinian factions launched an attack on military points and adjacent settlements. For Gaza Strip During it, about 1,200 Israelis were killed, about 5,431 were injured, and the movement captured at least 239, dozens of whom were exchanged with Israel during a temporary truce.
Since then, the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza has left 39,699 martyrs and 91,722 wounded.
Israel continues this war, ignoring a decision from Security Council Demands that she stop fighting immediately, and orders from international justice Court It calls on it to stop its attack on the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, and to take immediate measures to prevent the occurrence of acts of violence. Genocideand improving the humanitarian situation in Gaza.