原文標題：
Intense phase of war with Hamas about to end,’ focus to shift to Lebanon
border, Netanyahu says
原文連結：
https://reurl.cc/qVAmEN
發布時間：
Mon June 24, 2024
記者署名：
By Lauren Izso and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN
原文內容：
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the “intense
phase of the war with Hamas (in Gaza) is about to end,” and that the military
’s focus could then shift to Israel’s northern border with Lebanon, where
fighting with the Iran-backed group Hezbollah has intensified in recent weeks.
Netanyahu, however, vowed that Israel would continue operating in Gaza until
the militant group Hamas was eliminated.
“It doesn’t mean that the war is going to end, but the war in its current
stage is going to end in Rafah. This is true. We will continue mowing the
grass later,” Netanyahu told Channel 14 Television in his first one-on-one
interview with local Israeli media since October 7.
More than a million Palestinians were taking shelter in Rafah before Israel
started its air and ground operation in the southern Gazan city, defying
calls from the international community not to proceed. Around 800,000 people
have since been displaced from Rafah, where conditions have been described by
the United Nations food agency as “apocalyptic.”
The city’s border crossing with Egypt — a vital entry point for
humanitarian aid — has remained closed since the Israeli military seized it
early last month.
And international pressure on Israel’s actions in Gaza have mounted since it
started its operation in Rafah. Last month, the UN’s top court ordered
Israel to immediately halt its controversial military operation there,
calling the humanitarian situation “disastrous.”
In his interview, Netanyahu said that he is ready to make “a partial deal”
with Hamas to return some hostages still being held captive in Gaza, but he
reiterated his position that the war will still continue after a ceasefire “
to achieve the goal of eliminating” Hamas.
“I’m not ready to give that up,” Netanyahu said.
The prime minister has faced nationwide protests in Israel calling for a
ceasefire in Gaza and the return of all hostages. On Saturday, families of
the hostages took part in the ongoing anti-government protests, including in
Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Herzliya, Caesarea, Raanana, Be’er Sheva, Kiryat Gat
and the town of Pardes Hanna-Karkur. Many protesters demanded the government
accept the hostage release deal.
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his decision to make public comments about US weapons supplies.
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A US-backed three-phase ceasefire plan proposes “a permanent end to
hostilities, in exchange for the release of all other hostages still in Gaza,
and a full withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.”
Cracks also appear to be deepening between the Israeli government and its
military. Netanyahu has come under increasing pressure from members of his
government and Israel’s allies, including the United States, to devise a
strategy for the post-war governance of Gaza after Israel’s devastating
bombardment of the isolated enclave.
In response to the prime minister’s comments, Hamas said the words used by
Netanyahu show that he is only looking for a partial agreement and not an end
to the war in Gaza.
Netanyahu’s positions are “a clear confirmation of his rejection of the
recent Security Council resolution, and the proposals of US President Joe
Biden,” Hamas said in a statement.
Hamas continues to insist that any agreement include, “a clear affirmation
of a permanent ceasefire and a complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.”
In Israel, the Hostages Families Forum Headquarters condemned any suggestion
of a withdrawal without securing the return of all hostages. “The end of the
fighting in the Gaza Strip, without the release of the hostages, is an
unprecedented national failure and a failure to meet the goals of the war,”
the Forum said in a statement on Monday.
Shifting north
Netanyahu also told Channel 14 Television that “after the end of the intense
phase, we will have the possibility to shift some of the power north, and we
will do it.”
“First of all, for protection purposes, and secondly, to bring our residents
home as well. If we can do it politically, that would be great. If not, we
will do it in another way, but we will bring everyone back home – all the
residents of the north and the south,” he added.
Hezbollah, an Iran-backed Islamist movement with one of the most powerful
paramilitary forces in the Middle East, has been carrying out deadly attacks
from southern Lebanon targeting areas in northern Israel since October 8, the
day after the Hamas attacks on Israel.
Israel has responded to Hezbollah’s attacks with strikes that have killed
Hezbollah militants, among them senior commanders.
Tens of thousands of Israelis have been evacuated from their homes in
northern Israel due to ongoing conflict. Villages across southern Lebanon
have also emptied.
The increase in cross-border attacks in recent weeks has intensified concerns
about the possible outbreak of another full-fledged conflict in the Middle
East.
AL KHIAM, LEBANON - JUNE 21: Smoke rises after Israeli army carries out
attacks on al Khiam region of Nabatieh Governorate, in southern Lebanon on
June 21, 2024. (Photo by Ramiz Dallah/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Israeli officials have told the US they were planning to shift resources from
southern Gaza to northern Israel in preparation for a possible offensive
against the group, US officials told CNN on Wednesday. The implications of a
wider war between Israel and Hezbollah could be devastating, a senior US
official previously told CNN.
US officials have serious concerns that in the event of a full-blown war
between Israel and Hezbollah, as the Iran-backed militant group could
overwhelm Israel’s air defenses in the north — including the much-vaunted
Iron Dome air defense system.
Netanyahu was also asked in the interview if his solution to ending the
conflict with Hezbollah was via agreement or war.
The prime minister responded, “Look, if there is an agreement, it will be an
agreement according to our terms. Our terms are not ending the war, leaving
Gaza, and leaving Hamas intact. I refuse to leave Hamas intact. We need to
eliminate them.”
Israel launched its war in Gaza following the Hamas attacks of October 7,
when militants killed about 1,200 people and took more than 250 hostages.
Since then, the Israeli campaign has killed more than 37,000 people,
according to the ministry of health in Gaza.
This breaking news story has been updated.
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