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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
JERUSALEM, May 19 (Xinhua) — Israel will take control of the entire Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday, speaking about the recently launched large-scale operation by Israeli troops.
In his video message published on the Telegram messenger, B. Netanyahu stated: “We are going to take control of the entire territory of the enclave – that is exactly what we are going to do.”
Speaking a day after announcing a partial resumption of humanitarian aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip, he stressed that Israel would allow only “minimal and basic” aid for a limited period, without specifying when deliveries would resume.
The Israeli prime minister explained that the mechanism for distributing food and medicine would be replaced “in the coming days” by a new scheme being developed jointly with the United States. The new system would include distribution points in a “sterile zone under the control of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF),” where aid would be delivered by American companies, thus excluding the Palestinian Hamas movement from accessing supplies.
“Ultimately, we will reach a situation where the entire territory will be under IDF control and all the civilian population of Gaza will be able to reach these points and receive aid, while Hamas will receive nothing,” added B. Netanyahu. –0–