The IDF will end its ground operation in the Gaza Strip if Hamas militants release all hostages and surrender.
The Israeli army will cancel ground operations in the Gaza Strip if Hamas militants release all hostages and surrender. Jonathan Conricus, international representative of the Israel Defense Forces, said this in an interview with ABC.
“If Hamas comes out of its hiding places behind Israeli civilians, as it is doing now, returns our hostages – all 212 of them – and surrenders unconditionally, then the war will be over. If they don’t , we probably have to go out and do it,” he said.
At the same time, the IDF spokesman did not answer why the ground invasion of the Gaza Strip was postponed, despite several days of talks about it. But he said Israeli troops will “completely eliminate Hamas.”
Conricus also added that people “must take sides according to their own morals.”
IDF spokesman Jonathan Conricus stressed that many of the accusations made against the Israeli authorities are the result of “ignorance and misunderstanding of the real situation in the Gaza Strip.”
In particular, he said, when they say that the Israeli authorities allegedly deprived the residents of Gaza of water, it should be considered that only 10% of the drinking water came from Israel to Gaza. The rest of the water supply is taken from underground reservoirs in Gaza.
“I don’t think we should be forced to give food to an enemy that is firing missiles at our citizens and trying to kill them,” Conricus said.
The IDF spokesman noted that countries accusing Israel of war crimes “are not democratic and are not in a position to preach anything related to humanitarian issues in Israel.”
According to him, the anti-Jewish state demonstrators are “full of hatred for Israel, although their accusations have nothing to do with what is happening now in the Gaza Strip.”
We remind you that on October 7, the Hamas group attacked southern Israel. In response, the Israeli army launched a military operation in the Gaza Strip against Hamas.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant predicts that Israel’s upcoming military operation in the Gaza Strip could last three months and be the last if the Israeli military succeeds in eliminating Hamas.
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