At a press conference from the occupied West Bank this Thursday, May 28, the Israeli Prime Minister assured that he had asked the army to take 70% of the Gaza Strip, ignoring the terms of the ceasefire.
A new stage in the conflict in the Middle East. Benjamin Netanyahu announced this Thursday, May 28, during a press conference in the occupied West Bank, that he had ordered the Israeli army to take 70% of the Gaza Strip.
“Right now, we have Hamas by the throat. We now control 60% of the band’s territory. You know, we were at 50 (after the ceasefire came into force), we went to 60, my directive is to go to (…) 70, declared the Israeli Prime Minister, relayed by BFMTV.
Hamas weakened
This announcement by the Israeli Prime Minister comes a few days after the death of the head of the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist movement. “The great martyr Commander Mohammed Ali Odeh Abou Amr, Chief of Staff of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades [a été tué mardi] evening (…) during a cowardly assassination operation which resulted in his martyrdom, as well as that of his wife and children, and left a certain number (other) civilians dead and injured…, relayed a press release from the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades on May 27.
Mohammed Ali Odeh was “one of the main architects” of the attack on October 7, 2023, according to the Shin Bet, the Israeli internal security agency. “We are committed to eliminating all those who directed the October 7 massacre, and that is what we will do,” Defense Minister Israel Katz insisted on X.
published May 28 at 5:04 pm, Nicolas Barreiro, 6Médias
