Netanyahu will meet with Southern Command today to analyze “Phase C” in Gaza

JERUSALEM, June 30 (EFE).- Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, will hold a meeting this Sunday for a security assessment with the Defense Minister, Yoav Galant, and the army’s Southern Command – in charge of the offensive in the Gaza Strip – to address the implementation of “Phase C” of the war. “Later today I will assess the situation in the Southern Command. I will closely monitor the progress of the fighting and our plans to meet the war objectives,” Netanyahu said at the start of the weekly meeting with the government cabinet. Images provided by the Israel government’s press office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s weekly meeting with the government cabinet. It includes the following summation from Netanyahu. Translation: “I offer my deepest condolences to the dear families of our heroic fighters who died in the fighting in the Gaza Strip and Judea and Samaria last week. We embrace the grieving families in their time of grave suffering. We are committed to the will to continue until Hamas is completely defeated. Later today I will assess the situation in Southern Command and will closely monitor the progress of the battle and our plans to meet the objectives of the ongoing war in Rafah, in Sajaiya and throughout the Gaza Strip. They eliminate dozens of terrorists every day. It is a hard fight fought on the surface, sometimes even in hand-to-hand combat. Our objectives have been achieved: the elimination of Hamas, the return of all our kidnapped people, the promise that Gaza will no longer pose a threat to Israel, and the safe return of our residents in the south and north to their homes. To those who doubt the attainment of these objectives, I repeat: there is no alternative to victory. Our warriors did not fall in vain. We will not end the war until we have achieved all our objectives. And as for the sacred task of freeing our hostages: there is no change in Israel’s position regarding the release plan welcomed by President Biden. And today everyone knows a simple truth: Hamas is the only obstacle to the release of our kidnapped people. By a combination of political pressure and military pressure, and above all military pressure, we will return them all: our 120 kidnapped people, alive and dead. Shrutis and government ministers, last Shabbat we read the chapter “Shelah”. In the face of those who tried to loosen Israel’s hands, Yehoshua Ben Nun and Caleb Ben Yifna stood firm in determination and victory. They said: “Let’s go up because we can help it… The country is very, very good.” And I said: Our country is very, very good. Our citizens are very, very good. Our fighters are very, very good. With your bravery, we can defeat our enemies. With God’s help, we will fight together and win together.”