Minister hints that the ground invasion is near: "Soon you will see Gaza from the inside"
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has hinted that a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip is imminent, according to a statement from his office reported by Reuters.
- Now you see Gaza from a distance, but soon you will see it from the inside. The order will be given, he says in a speech to the soldiers mobilized at the border.
The ground offensive will be "prolonged and intense," says Major General Yaron Finkelman, according to the Times of Israel.
- Now the battles are directed at their own territory. We will defeat them on their territory.
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Rishi Sunak visited Israel: "I'm on your side"
On Thursday, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visited Israel, just hours after US President Joe Biden went home, Reuters reports.
The message during the meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was that Sunak and the British people are on Israel's side and "want (Israel) to win".
- More than anything else, I am here to express solidarity with the Israeli people.
You have been subjected to an unspeakably horrible terrorist attack.
At the same time, Sunak put pressure on Netanyahu to let more humanitarian aid into Gaza, according to AFP.
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The White House is under pressure to release intelligence about the hospital explosion
US congressmen are pressuring Joe Biden and his administration to make public the intelligence they base their conclusion on the Gaza hospital explosion on, Haaretz reports.
The US supports Israel's declaration that the hospital was hit by a rocket from the Palestinian terrorist group Islamic Jihad. Yesterday, Adrienne Watson, spokeswoman for the Security Council, wrote that the assessment is based on "overhead imagery, intercepted communications and information from open sources."
At the same time, quarrels have arisen within the Democrats after member Rashida Tlaib repeatedly blamed Israel for the explosion - something party colleague and senator John Fetterman calls "deeply offensive".
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