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.
The statement comes as Israel continues its strikes on Gaza and aid remains blocked on the border with Egypt.
The bombardments are a response to attacks by Hamas gunmen on Israel on 7 October, in which at least 1,400 people were killed and 203 taken hostage. Israel is now poised to launch a ground offensive.
On Friday, Mr Gallant told a parliamentary committee that the first stage of the campaign was meant to destroy Hamas's infrastructure, according to a statement from his office.
Israeli forces, he added, would then launch "operations at lower intensity" to eliminate "pockets of resistance".
The third phase, he said, "will require the removal of Israel's responsibility for life in the Gaza Strip, and the establishment of a new security reality for the citizens of Israel".
Smoke rises following an Israeli air strike in northern Gaza, 20 October
There has been no let-up in Israeli air strikes across the Gaza Strip
Although Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005, the UN regards the strip - along with the West Bank and East Jerusalem - as occupied land and considers Israel responsible for the basic needs of its population.
Israel has previously allowed Gazans to cross the border for work. It has also overseen imports into the territory to prevent weapons from reaching Hamas.
Following the 7 October attacks it cut electricity supplies, as well as deliveries of food and medicines. The UN calls the situation there "beyond catastrophic".
The US and Egypt have reached a deal allowing some supplies to start bringing relief Gaza's 2.2 million residents.
An initial convoy of 20 trucks had been expected to enter southern Gaza through the Rafah border crossing on Friday, but they are still stuck on the Egyptian side.
Humanitarian organisations say much more aid is needed.
Trucks of a humanitarian aid convoy are parked outside border gate between in Rafah, Egypt, 19 October 2023

A humanitarian convoy is still waiting to be allowed through the Rafah crossing
On Friday UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited the crossing with a plea for aid trucks to be allowed into the territory.
"These trucks are not just trucks - they are a lifeline, they are the difference between life and death to many people in Gaza," he said. "What we need is to make them move."
Meanwhile Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has confirmed that he will join several world leaders at a summit in Cairo on Saturday aimed at achieving a ceasefire.
The event, hosted by Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, will involve talks on trying to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on a two-state solution.
Those attending will also include Mr Guterres and representatives from the EU, as well as several Arab and European countries.



https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67175094

THE ONLY WAY TO WIN WORLD WAR III IS TO PREVENT IT’
Eisenhower

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Fvck Israel!

oga u no Dey tire

Kingsnairaland:
THE ONLY WAY TO WIN WORLD WAR III IS TO PREVENT IT’
Eisenhower

I quite agree with you on this

misreal:
oga u no Dey tire

Fvck you too!

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calm down bro.I am not the enemy,israel is

misreal:
calm down bro.I am not the enemy,israel is

You and Israel are the enemy!

You have failed to speak up for the truth and same time, demoralizing the movement of those speaking out!

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You and Israel are the enemy!

You have failed to speak up for the truth and same time, demoralizing the movement of those speaking out!

what is the truth??

misreal:
what is the truth??

Genocide against the Palestinians!

Apartheid in their own very country.

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Genocide against the Palestinians!

Apartheid in their own very country.

are you saying the people that that killed 1400 Israelis should walk free?

misreal:
are you saying the people that that killed 1400 Israelis should walk free?

What is the root cause! That is the foundation. If you want to address matters, you have to start from the root-cause.

Anyone would have done same! You can push people to the wall and expect them not to fight back!

Why did they fight back? Do you know how many years they have been under occupation?

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What is the root cause! That is the foundation. If you want to address matters, you have to start from the root-cause.

Anyone would have done same! You can push people to the wall and expect them not to fight back!

Why did they fight back? Do you know how many years they have been under occupation?

before we address the root cause.Do you agree that innocent Israelis were killed on the 7th of October?

misreal:
before we address the root cause.Do you agree that innocent Israelis were killed on the 7th of October?

Yes! I 100% agree. Now you tell me what was the motivation for such?

Did ask the same question you asking me when you read about the Nakba?

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Yes! I 100% agree. Now you tell me what was the motivation for such?

Did ask the same question you asking me when you read about the Nakba?

wow..Did israel leave Gaza in 2005?
When was the first nakba?

misreal:
wow..Did israel leave Gaza in 2005?
When was the first nakba?

If you had read or heard about it, you wont be asking me when was the first Nakba!

Answer my question! I answered yours!

Did you ask same question when you read about it?

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If you had read or heard about it, you wont be asking me when was the first Nakba!

Answer my question! I answered yours!

Did you ask same question when you read about it?

1948 was the first nakba,when israel drove the palestines away from their ancestral home.This was before and after the six day war.
What palestines call nakba,is what the Jews call retaining their ancestral land.Am I right or wrong.If I am wrong,please tell me where I am wrong and correct me.

misreal:
1948 was the first nakba,when israel drove the palestines away from their ancestral home.This is was before and after the six day war.
What palestines call nakba,is what the Jews call retaining their ancestral land.Am I right or wrong.If I am wrong,please tell me where I am wrong and correct me.

You did not answer my question! I answered your in one sentence.

Did you condemn it. Yes or No!

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You did not answer my question! I answered your in one sentence.

Did you condemn it. Yes or No!

what exactly do you want me to condemn?
The jews defending themselves against 8Arab nations in 1948,or the jews collecting their land from the Arabs that dwelled in their land?

misreal:
what exactly do you want me to condemn?
The jews defending themselves against 8Arab nations in 1948,or the jews collecting their land from the Arabs that dwelled in their land?

I am done with you.

Bye.

Borders need to change

misreal:
call retaining their ancestral land.Am I right or wrong.If I am wrong,please tell me where I am wrong and correct me.

The borders as depicted are not ancestral lands. Also the document saying it says jews are invaders

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I am done with you.

Bye.

that's the simple problem with you guys.You just want people to buy into a narrative you are pushing without properly analysing what both parties are seeing..
You think Israel are mad to just block the borders against Palestines.Or you think Israel are plain stupid to leave Europe enmass into the middle east.

Somilat:
The borders as depicted are not ancestral lands. Also the document saying it says jews are invaders

what documents?
Are you aware that archeological and scientific findings has shown that the land Palestinian are fighting for actually belong to Israel?..
Do you want prooofs?

misreal:
what documents?
Are you aware that archeological and scientific findings has shown that the land Palestinian are fighting for actually belong to Israel?..
Do you want prooofs?

They invaded it according to the book.

Somilat:

They invaded it according to the book.

See ba!!..
The question pro Palestine supporters should be asking,are not questions bordering about ownership of that land,but of settlement.
By this i mean,now that Israel is claiming to be the owners of the land,where should the Palestines move to?
Where should they take their children to?
This is where the two state resolution came in between Palestinian government and the Israeli government,but guess what.Hamas said they don't want it,that what they want is their land.So they began to send suicide bombers into Israel(this was what led Israel to block their borders against Palestinians)
And then I ask again,If the Israelites decide to hand over the lands to Hamas,where will Israelites live in?..
So the matter should not even be about ownership of land,but about settlement.Let both parties sit together and talk,but Hamas wants the death of all Israeli..

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Yes! I 100% agree. Now you tell me what was the motivation for such?

Did ask the same question you asking me when you read about the Nakba?

After a retaliation of 1:100, then we can come back to discuss root cause. In every situation, you apply problem analysis before root cause. The problem at hand is 1400 Israeli butchered, 140,000 should be the benchmark considering Israel's 1:100 formula.

It's long overdue. Nobody lives with a terrorists. They should chase them away

Better.

Absolutely counter productive

Borders have to change significantly

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Oga how far na? Since you Dey fvck this Israel, why Israel never cum?