Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hopes to make a full and quick recovery from the surgery he underwent on Sunday (31).
“I assure you that I will undergo this treatment successfully and be back in action very quickly,” Netanyahu said at a news conference in Jerusalem.
The prime minister said that more than 200 armed men were killed by Israeli forces in an operation at Al-Shifa Hospital, one of the main hospitals in the Gaza Strip.
When answering questions from reporters who participated in the press conference, Netanyahu once again defended the ground offensive in Rafah, a city in the south of the Palestinian territory. According to the Israeli leader, “there will be no victory over Hamas without the operation in Rafah”, adding that nothing will prevent the incursion into the city from happening.
The Israeli prime minister also spoke about negotiations on a possible ceasefire and the release of hostages that resumed on Sunday in Egypt. Netanyhau said a combination of military pressure and flexibility in talks will result in the release of hostages.
More attacks in northern Israel
The Israeli military said it killed a Hezbollah commander in an airstrike on a vehicle in Lebanon on Sunday, identifying him as Ismail Al-Zin, a commander of Hezbollah's Radwan Forces anti-tank missile unit.
“Al-Zin was a significant source of knowledge about anti-tank missiles and was responsible for dozens of anti-tank missile attacks against Israeli civilians, communities and security forces,” the Israeli military said.
A source close to Hezbollah said Al-Zin was not a senior figure but confirmed he was in the elite Radwan unit.
Israel has killed around 25 members of the unit, including at least three commanders such as Wissma Tawil, a senior Hezbollah officer who played a leading role in directing its operations in southern Lebanon.
Hezbollah began firing rockets from hills and villages in Israel's southern Lebanon on October 8, in support of its Palestinian ally Hamas, which carried out a cross-border attack into Israel the day before that triggered the Israeli response in Israel. Gaza Strip.
Israel's bombing of Lebanon killed almost 270 Hezbollah fighters, but also killed around 50 civilians – including children, doctors and journalists – and hit UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) and the Lebanese army.
The US and other countries sought to secure a diplomatic resolution to the exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and Israel. Hezbollah has said it will not stop the fire before a ceasefire is implemented in Gaza.
Source: CNN Brasil
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