JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned on Sunday that the section of intense preventing towards Hamas within the Gaza Strip was coming to an finish however that the warfare wouldn’t finish till the Islamist group not controls the Palestinian enclave.
As soon as the extreme preventing is over in Gaza, Netanyahu mentioned, Israel will be capable of deploy extra forces alongside the northern border with Lebanon, the place preventing with Iran-backed Hezbollah has escalated .
“After the extreme section is completed, we can have the likelihood to maneuver a part of the forces north. And we are going to do that. Firstly for defensive functions. And secondly, to carry our (evacuated) residents house,” Netanyahu mentioned in an interview with Israel’s Channel 14.
“If we are able to we are going to do that diplomatically. If not, we are going to do it one other approach. However we are going to carry (the residents) house,” he mentioned.
Many Israeli cities close to the border with Lebanon have been evacuated in the course of the preventing.
Requested when the section of intense preventing towards Hamas will come to an finish, Netanyahu answered: “Very quickly.”
However the army will nonetheless function in Gaza.
“I’m not prepared to finish the warfare and depart Hamas as it’s,” he mentioned.
Netanyahu additionally reiterated his rejection to the concept that the West Financial institution-based Palestinian Authority run Gaza rather than Hamas.