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israel: close to completely eliminating hamas

2024-09-14

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on september 12, local time, dmitri gendelman, an adviser to the israeli prime minister, said that israeli forces were close to completely eliminating the political and armed forces of the palestinian islamic resistance movement (hamas). on the same day, the israeli army identified nine hamas members among the dead at a school in central gaza the day before. the international community condemned the israeli airstrike on the school.

on september 11, after the jauni school was attacked by the israeli army, the civil defense team and palestinian residents launched a search and rescue operation.

gendelman wrote on the social media platform x on the 12th: "israel is close to completing one of the goals of the israeli military operation in the gaza strip, which is to eliminate the military and political power of hamas... thousands of militants have been eliminated, dozens of kilometers of tunnels have been destroyed, and the israel defense forces have controlled the rafah checkpoint and the 'philadelphia corridor'."

gendelman said that the israeli army has eliminated the rafah brigade and the khan yunis brigade of hamas, and will continue military operations until the israeli detainees are brought back. "militarily defeating hamas is closer to the release of the detainees."

on september 11, after the jauni school was attacked by the israeli army, the civil defense team and palestinian residents launched a search and rescue operation.

the israeli army bombed the jauni school in nusayrat, central gaza strip, on the 11th, which was used to house displaced persons, killing at least 18 people. the school was operated by the united nations relief and works agency for palestine refugees in the near east (unrwa), which confirmed that six staff members had died in the airstrike and denied that the school was being used by hamas, stressing that the school building was used to house displaced persons.

the israeli army said on the 12th that nine of the dead at the jauni school were hamas militants, three of whom were disguised as unrwa staff. afp quoted israeli army spokesman nadav shoshani as saying that the israeli army investigation found that a considerable number of the dead were "hamas terrorists."

the israeli army insisted that it had repeatedly asked unrwa to provide a list of dead staff members. on the 12th, unrwa spokesperson juliet touma denied the israeli army's claim, saying that she was not aware of such a request from israel and that the agency provides israel with a list of its staff members every year.

hamas has not yet responded to israel's statement.

un secretary-general guterres (file photo)

the airstrike on the 11th was the fifth attack on the jauni school since the outbreak of the current round of palestinian-israeli conflict, and it was also the attack with the heaviest casualties on unrwa. stephane dujarric, spokesman for the un secretary-general, said that since the outbreak of the current round of palestinian-israeli conflict, a total of 220 unrwa staff members have been killed.

the israeli action drew international condemnation, with un secretary-general antonio guterres calling the airstrike "totally unacceptable."

josep borrell, the european union's high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, said the airstrikes that killed civilians were "outrageous" and that the israeli military's actions showed that israel did not respect the basic principles of international humanitarian law. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken said humanitarian facilities needed to be protected and that the united states had been negotiating with israel on the issue.

egypt strongly condemned the israeli airstrikes that killed civilians and aid workers. the egyptian foreign ministry said in a statement that the israeli military's actions were a blatant violation of international law and led to the deterioration of the situation in gaza. israel should immediately stop its military operations and bear its responsibilities.

source: original title: israel: close to completely eliminating hamas

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