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.

  • @randon31415
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    2611 months ago

    Trump: “If I lose, you’ll never see me again.”

    Israel: “If we get rid of Hamas, we won’t have to blockade Gaza anymore.”

    [x] Doubt

    • @Copernican
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      1311 months ago

      Read the article. It sounds like they want to be off the hook for providing necessary infrastructure and services to Gaza and other occupied territories.

          • @[email protected]
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            111 months ago

            Nevertheless, moving to a separation of infrastructure is good. Israel should:

            • permit and encourage international involvement on getting the Gaza strip self-functioning
            • gtfo