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Netanyahu Visits IDF Gaza Outpost and Vows to Continue Hamas Disarmament Effort

From Jerusalem Post · () English

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  • Benjamin Netanyahu visited an IDF outpost in Gaza with senior military commanders and pledged to continue efforts to disarm Hamas.
  • Netanyahu said Israel controlled 60% of the Gaza Strip and was working to eliminate militants who threaten Israel.
  • He said the goal of ensuring Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel had been largely achieved, while more work remained.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited an IDF outpost in the Gaza Strip alongside Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir and pledged to keep pursuing the disarmament of Hamas.

“We control the area, and we remain on this line,” Netanyahu said, referring to the Yellow Line. “We are doing everything to reach our goal: the disarmament of Hamas and the demilitarization of Gaza.” He described the accompanying commanders and soldiers as “heroic.”

We control the area, and we remain on this line

— Benjamin NetanyahuNetanyahu referred to Israel’s position along the Yellow Line during his visit to the outpost.

Netanyahu said Israel controlled 60% of the Strip and that more territory would follow because Israeli forces were eliminating militants who threatened Israel. He said the operations were taking place day after day. He also said the IDF had recently captured the head of Hamas’s internal security service, adding that Israel would learn from him.

We are doing everything to reach our goal: the disarmament of Hamas and the demilitarization of Gaza

— Benjamin NetanyahuHe outlined Israel’s stated objectives in Gaza.

The capture followed a joint operation by the IDF and Shin Bet, according to a statement issued Tuesday. The operation was described as the first high-level capture deep inside Gaza in a long time. The Jerusalem Post reported that anti-Hamas Gaza gangs played a major role in it.

Netanyahu said Gaza would “no longer pose a threat to Israel” and that this objective had been achieved to a large extent. “There is more work to complete, and we will complete it,” he said.

There is more work to complete, and we will complete it

— Benjamin NetanyahuHe said Israel’s campaign in Gaza was not finished.
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