Gaza City isolated, Netanyahu: «No truce in sight». More than 10 thousand have died in the Strip
For the Israeli prime minister, there will be no "ceasefire" if Hamas does not release the hostagesNo truce in sight in Gaza . Unless Hamas releases the Israeli hostages. Prime Minister Netanyahu reiterated this, also stating that Israel - once the war is over - will have "general responsibility for the security of the Strip for an indefinite period".
«Because we have seen what happens when we don't have it – he explained -. When we do not have this security responsibility, we see the explosion of Hamas terror on a scale we could not imagine." The statements in an interview given to ABC News: "As for the small breaks - an hour here, an hour there - we have already had them", he then added.
But Israel's choices do not convince everyone. The result is a new clash with the UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres : "Gaza is becoming a children's cemetery", said the head of the United Nations. Harsh words that infuriated Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, who reacted on Twitter: «Shame on you! (Shame on you)».
"More than 30 minors - including a 9-month-old baby, but also children and teenagers who witnessed the cold-blooded killings of their parents - are being held in the Gaza Strip against their will." Then he added: “Hamas is the problem in Gaza, not Israel.”
In the evening, a rocket alert was raised in Tel Aviv from Gaza. The army said it was the largest attack in central Israel up to the town of Raanana.
(Unioneonline/vf)