The Israeli ground forces advance to its southern part Gaza Stripwhile the campaign to eliminate the Palestinian organization in the northern part of the enclave continues, said Jonathan Conricus, a spokesman for the Israeli army.
“We have not completely defeated them militarily in the north, but we have made good progress,” Conricus told CNN.
“We have stated from the beginning to the Israeli civilians and to anyone listening in the world that (the fight against Hamas) will unfortunately take time,” he pointed out.
“It is a difficult operation in a difficult field where we are fighting against a very dedicated military that is not interested in sacrificing civilians (to achieve) its military objective,” Cornikus complained.
The spokesman for the Israeli armed forces rejected accusations by aid groups that the army did not give the hundreds of thousands of civilians who have taken refuge in the southern part of the blockaded Gaza Strip enough time to move to safety to escape the escalating attacks.
Everything is being done to protect civilians, he stressed. “If Hamas moved outside the urban areas and fought us there, then of course the civilian population would not be affected. But Hamas has not done that,” Conricus said, once again accusing the Palestinian organization of using civilians as human shields.
Unicef ​​spokesman James Elder has strongly criticized Israel for its attacks, speaking of a “bloodbath” in southern Gaza, where tens of thousands of Palestinians have taken refuge at the behest of Israeli forces, in order to escape the clashes in the north.
Elder, also speaking on CNN, added that “safe zones” announced by the Israeli military for Palestinian civilians “is a false narrative and it’s a dangerous narrative. People have no means of transportation. They don’t know where they should go. These are areas in the desert. They have no water, no food, no protection in these places.”
The war began on October 7 after Hamas attacked Israel, killing 1,200 people.
In retaliation, Israel bombards the Gaza Strip, while since the end of October it has also been conducting ground operations there. According to the Hamas Health Ministryso far more than 15,500 people have been killed in Gaza and another 41,316 injured.
Source: News Beast
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