For the first time Benyamin Netanyahu has publicly admitted that Israel is facing a growing economic isolation, so much so that he had to imagine a self -sufficient future. Words pronounced after the message of “unshakable support” by Marco Rubio in a joint press conference in Jerusalem.
On behalf of President Trump, the US Secretary of State underlined the friendship and the strong link between the two countries and above all it has made it clear that the White House “remains busy” to achieve two objectives in particular: “Each single hostage must return home immediately and Hamas must be eliminated”. One of the themes in the center of the private interview of an hour and a half between Rubio and Netanyahu before the meeting was also open to ministers and ambassadors.
And before Bibi was compared to Charlie Kirk, the republican activist killed in Utah, reporting that he was also threatened “. The noise of Tsahal’s hunting on the street of Gaza was not audible in the Holy City, but while the diplomacies followed the protocols of the day, the missiles razed the Burj al-Jafari tower, in Gaza City to the ground. CONSIDERED A HAMAS observation place for attacks on troops. In view of the imminent entry of the Israeli infantry in the city for the “Carri di Gedeone 2” operation.
The conquest of the stronghold of the terrorist organization. Pending the signal from the government, hundreds of tanks and military vehicles were lined up on the north border of the strip. Thousands of soldiers of the battalions with the star of Davide control the sides of the city, in a pincer maneuver. Meanwhile, the Israeli media relaunches the indiscretion that the United States and Israel would be engaged on a potential plan to transfer the main Hamas leaders from Gaza to Tunisia.
The proposal would allow some of the most intransigent figures of the faction to voluntarily leave the enclave, a measure that recalls the previous one of the 80s, when Yasser Arafat and the Olp were exiled. For his part, Hamas is preparing for the offensive of the IDF. Even with a move that complicates the life of the Israelis: by reporting in superfice from the underground tunnels part of the hostages still alive (about twenty) who intends to use as a shield to prevent troops from moving freely, reported public TV Kan.
Then, entrusting the coordination of the so-called “Legitimacy Ambush” (ambushes and guerrillas) to Izz al -in Haddad, chief of the military wing, Raed Saad, commander of the operational division, Muhammad Odeh, who leads the intelligence and Mohand Rajab, a high-ranking military of the Gaza brigade. It is not enough: Hamas’ strategy includes violent actions against residents to prevent following the evacuation notices and move south. About 700 thousand people are still in Gaza, despite the intense bombings of the last few weeks.
In 320 thousand they moved to the southern part, in the fields of Al Mawasi, to Kan Youunis. But the IDF, while expecting hundreds of thousands of them leave Gaza City as soon as the earth operations begin, does not delude itself on the difficulties: civilians used as human shields, militants in flip flops and bombs in the backpack camouflaged among people. The Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir still seems contrary to the operation, convinced that he will not serve to surrender Hamas. In the meantime, on Monday afternoon the emergency summit of the Arab and Muslim countries after the attack on Hamas leadership began in Doha.
When asked at the press conference if Israel had updated Washington before the Raid, Netanyahu seemed to want to reduce the negative consequences on Washington and reiterated: «We take full responsibility, because terrorists cannot have safe refuges. We did it alone. “
Rubio offered an oblique response: «We are focused on the role that Qatar can now play for the liberation of the hostages and for a better future for the residents of Gaza. We have good relationships with our partners in the Gulf. We are focused on what will happen later ». Trump had warned last night: “A message for Bibi? They must be very, very careful. They have to do something against Hamas. But Qatar was a great ally from the United States. I said it in Emir, that I think it is a wonderful person, really … So Israel and all the others, when we attack people, we have to be careful, “he added. Tuesday Rubio will be in Doha.