The long-term goal of the campaign against Hamas is to sever all links with Gaza, Israel's defence minister says.

By Henri Astier BBC News

Israel has suggested that the long-term aim of its military campaign in Gaza is to sever all links with the territory.

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said that once Hamas had been defeated, Israel would end its “responsibility for life in the Gaza Strip”.

Before the conflict, Israel supplied Gaza with most of its energy needs and monitored imports into the territory.

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  • nucawysi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    isn’t it obvious hamas doesn’t want a state, they were given aid and international support and increasing cooperation with Israel, but they reject all that and choose war. That’s where we’re at now.