Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has laid out three “prerequisites for peace” in an op-ed published tonight in the Wall Street Journal.
They are to “destroy Hamas, demilitarize Gaza and deradicalize the whole of Palestinian society,” he says.
“The US, UK, France, Germany, and many other countries support Israel’s intention to demolish the terror group. To achieve that goal, its military capabilities must be dismantled and its political rule over Gaza must end,” writes the premier.
Second, Israel must also ensure that Gaza is “never again used as a base to attack” Israel.
“Among other things, this will require establishing a temporary security zone on the perimeter of Gaza and an inspection mechanism on the border between Gaza and Egypt that meets Israel’s security needs and prevents smuggling of weapons into the territory,” says Netanyahu.
In light of reported suggestions that the Palestinian Authority administer Gaza post-war, he says the “expectation that the Palestinian Authority will demilitarize Gaza is a pipe dream.”
The PA, he accuses, “currently funds and glorifies terrorism in Judea and Samaria and educates Palestinian children to seek the destruction of Israel.”
“Once Hamas is destroyed, Gaza is demilitarized and Palestinian society begins a deradicalization process, Gaza can be rebuilt and the prospects of a broader peace in the Middle East will become a reality,” he concludes.
IDF strikes Hezbollah sites after two projectiles from Lebanon hit northern kibbutz
The IDF says two projectiles were fired from Lebanon at the northern community of Manara earlier.
There are no reports of injuries, as the community has largely been evacuated, due to ongoing Hezbollah attacks since October 7.
In response, the IDF struck the launch sites and other nearby areas, the military says.
Earlier, the IDF says a surface-to-air missile was fired from Lebanon at an Israeli military aircraft over the area.
The missile missed the aircraft, which continued its mission, according to the IDF.
Meanwhile, a suspected drone infiltration alarm that sounded in the Upper Galilee this evening is confirmed to have been a false alarm.
Hezbollah condemns ‘brazen’ killing of senior Iran Revolutionary Guards officer in Syria
Iranian-backed terror group Hezbollah condemns the “blatant and brazen attack” today in Damascus in which a senior officer in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was killed in an alleged Israeli strike.
Brig. Gen. Razi Mousavi was killed in the strike earlier in the Damascus suburb of Sayeda Zeinab, Iran has confirmed.
Hezbollah says the attack “crosses all limits.”
Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi vowed that Israel “will certainly pay for this crime.”
There has been no comment from Israel on the strike.
Drone attack in Iraq targets military base used by US, anti-jihadist coalition forces
Palestinian terrorists fire at least 12 rockets at Ashkelon from Gaza
Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip fired a barrage of at least 12 rockets at the southern coastal city of Ashkelon, footage shows.
Sirens sounded in Ashkelon’s southern industrial zone, as well as in the nearby communities of Netiv Ha’assara, Zikim, and Karmia.
Surveillance camera footage from Netiv Ha’assara shows the rocket barrage.
244 US cargo planes, 20 ships deliver over 10,000 tons of military equipment to Israel — report
Two hundred and forty-four US transport planes and 20 ships have delivered more than 10,000 tons of armaments and military equipment to Israel since the start of the war, Channel 12 reports.
The Defense Ministry has made NIS 40 billion (almost $2.8 billion) in additional purchases from the US, it says.
Furthermore, it reports, all of Israel’s military industry production lines are working round the clock.
The TV report follows comments by Likud MK Tally Gotliv, who claimed at a faction meeting earlier today that the quantity of artillery shelling of Hamas targets in southern Gaza has “dropped dramatically in the past three weeks.”
The TV report also addresses what it says have been claims that the IDF is engaged in “armament economics” — in other words, that it is conserving ammunition to ensure it does not run out. It says there has been no case since the start of the war where the Air Force did not strike, or ground forces did not fire, because of a shortage of ammunition.
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