The Israeli Defense Minister orders the Army to prepare a plan to “defeat” the militia in case “fighting” resumes.
Mexico City, October 15 (However).- The President of the United States, Donald Trumpsaid this Wednesday that he is willing to allow the Israeli authorities resume the military offensive in the Gaza Strip in case the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) fails to fulfill its part of the agreement of the increasingly fragile cease-firewhich includes an exchange of prisoners.
He republican magnate He explained in statements to the American television network CNN that the israeli troops they could resume their military actions in it palestinian enclave “as soon as I open my mouth.”
Following this, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered the Army to prepare a “comprehensive plan” to “defeat” Hamas in case it “refuses to implement Trump’s plan and it is necessary to resume fighting,” according to the newspaper. The Times of Israel.
“According to its plan, Hamas must return all deceased hostages in its possession, and disarm, while Israel, together with the international force led by the United States, will act to destroy all tunnels and terrorist infrastructure in Gaza to ensure its demilitarization and that it does not present any threat to the State of Israel,” reads a statement.
Finally, he assured that, “if Hamas refuses to implement the agreement, Israel, in coordination with the United States, will return to the fight and act to achieve the complete defeat of Hamas, change the reality of Gaza and achieve all the objectives of the war.”
His statements came after the Palestinian militia stated that it has already returned the bodies of the deceased hostages to whom it has had access and that it warned that the recovery of the remaining ones requires a “specialized team” to extract them from the rubble.
The agreement signed by Israel and Hamas last week required the Palestinian group to hand over the 48 hostages within 72 hours of the ceasefire coming into force, a deadline that expired at noon Monday. Since then, Hamas has freed the 20 living hostages and handed over the remains of seven (nine, if the last two are confirmed) of the 28 dead. However, even Washington acknowledged in recent days that Hamas would need more time to locate them.
The Israeli Army unleashed a bloody offensive against Gaza after the attacks of October 7, 2023 that has left more than 67,900 dead and 170,000 injured to date, as reported by the Gazan authorities, controlled by Hamas, although it is feared that the number is higher, since bodies continue to be found in the areas from which Israeli troops have fled. retracted in recent days.
-With information from Europa Press.