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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  • mwguy@infosec.pubOPEnglish
    147·
    1 year ago

    Why would they do that? They pulled out of the territory in 2004 in an attempt at peace. Every Jew who wanted to live there has been forced out.

        • gmtom@lemmy.worldEnglish
          32·
          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.

    • filister@lemmy.worldEnglish
      42·
      1 year ago

      Ah yes, “Israel continues to maintain direct control over Gaza’s air and maritime space, six of Gaza’s seven land crossings, maintains a no-go buffer zone within the territory, controls the Palestinian population registry, and Gaza remains dependent on Israel for its water, electricity, telecommunications, and other utilities.”

      I guess Gazans should have been really grateful for that…