"First, I would like to
share in the grief of the families whose dear ones have fallen. They
have fallen in defense of the nation and we all mourn their passing.
There is no more just war than this one that our heroic sons are
fighting. I would like to support the soldiers of the IDF who, even now, are continuing to operate inside the Gaza Strip against our enemies.
We knew that there would be difficult days; this has been a difficult
and painful day. Patience and determination are needed in order to
continue the struggle against a murderous terrorist organization that
aspires to our destruction. We are, at present, continuing to take
action to neutralize and strike at the terrorist tunnels. We will not
complete the mission, we will not complete the operation, without
neutralizing the tunnels, the sole purpose of which is the destruction
of our civilians and the killing of our children. This is the clear and
unequivocal objective of the State of Israel and the need for it has
been apparent again today.
The operation against the tunnels is
a first and necessary step in the demilitarization of the Gaza Strip.
The process of preventing the arming of the terrorist organization and
demilitarizing the Gaza Strip must be part of any solution. The
international community needs to demand this explicitly. Instead of the
international community allowing funds to enter the Gaza Strip, via
Hamas, for concrete and cement to serve in the unlimited construction of
tunnels, there must be monitoring and supervision. In the past, when we
raised these demands and these concerns of ours, we were not taken
seriously. This has to change. It cannot be that citizens of the State
of Israel will live under the deadly threats of missiles and
infiltration through tunnels – death from above and death from below.
Hamas has violated every ceasefire proposal. We face a cruel enemy
whose brutality is directed not only against us, against our civilians,
but is also directed against his own civilians. It exploits their
civilians in order for there to be more and more victims even as they
send fire and death toward us."
#IsraelUnderFire #ProtectiveEdge #Gaza
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