On the evening of June 25, new news spread from the Middle East!
The Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Khalevi, said that the Israeli army was "close" to dismantling the military forces of Hamas in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. In addition, Israel's national security adviser, Chasi Hanegh, said that the governance plan for the "post Hamas era" would be implemented in northern Gaza in the next few days.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the "fierce war phase" between the Israeli army and Hamas in the Gaza Strip was "very close to the end". However, he stressed that this did not mean that Israel would end its military operations in the Gaza Strip and that the Israeli army would continue to attack Hamas targets.
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Israel's latest voice
According to CCTV News, on June 24, the Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces said that the Israeli army was "close" to dismantling the military forces of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in Rafah, the southern city of the Gaza Strip.
Halevi said in a statement on the same day that the Israeli army had achieved "great success" in the Rafah campaign, which was reflected in the number of Hamas personnel who had been eliminated, the number of infrastructure and tunnels destroyed, and the results of fighting in tunnels. The Israeli army is "clearly close" to disintegrating the Hamas Rafah Brigade, making it no longer able to play its role as a fighting unit.
The statement said that the Israeli army currently controls the entire "Philadelphia Corridor" along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, which is very important to cut off Hamas's smuggling activities in the future. The Israeli army is dismantling Hamas tunnels and underground buildings.
On June 25, Israeli National Security Adviser (Chairman of the National Security Council) Chasi Hanegbi said at a public event on the same day that Israel's governance plan for the "post Hamas era" will be implemented in northern Gaza in the next few days. This plan has been "improved" in recent weeks, and people will soon see the actual embodiment of the plan.
Hanegbi said, "We don't have to wait for Hamas to disappear, because it is a long process", and said that "Hamas cannot be eradicated as a concept", so Israel needs to find an alternative solution for the governance of Gaza Strip, that is, to establish a regime led by local political forces in Gaza and willing to coexist with Israel.
Rafah is the southernmost city in the Gaza Strip. Since the outbreak of a new round of Palestinian Israeli conflict on October 7 last year, the Israeli army has launched a ground offensive from north to south in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army has attacked Rafah since the beginning of May. The recent Israeli military operations have led to a sharp increase in the number of casualties in Rafah.
On June 25 local time, the health department of the Gaza Strip issued a statement saying that in the past 24 hours, Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip have resulted in 32 deaths and 139 injuries. Since the outbreak of a new round of Palestinian Israeli conflict on October 7 last year, Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip have resulted in 37658 Palestinian deaths and 86237 injuries.
Several relatives of Hania were killed
On June 25 local time, the Israeli army launched an air raid on a house in the Shati refugee camp in the west of Gaza City. Many relatives of Ismail Haniyeh, leader of the Political Bureau of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), died in the attack. At present, the death toll has reached 10, including a sister of Haniyeh. It is reported that many relatives of Hania are still buried under the ruins, and the number of casualties may continue to rise.
On June 25, local time, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released a war report stating that, on the night of June 24, the Israeli army carried out air strikes on two buildings located in the Shati refugee camp and the Dalaji Tufa area in the north of the Gaza Strip according to intelligence.
The statement said that these buildings were used by the armed men of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), who were active here and planned many attacks against Israel, some of whom also participated in the attack on October 7 last year.
Since the early morning of the 25th local time, 51 people have died as a result of the continuous Israeli military attacks on several areas in the Gaza Strip.
In addition, the conflict along the temporary border between Lebanon and Israel continues. The Lebanese National News Agency reported on June 24 local time that the Israeli army launched several rounds of attacks on several towns on the Lebanese side of the Lebanon Israel temporary border and the Bekaa Valley in the east of Lebanon on the same day, injuring one Lebanese civil defense team member.
Hezbollah in Lebanon issued a statement on the same day, saying that Hezbollah's armed forces had attacked the Israeli military deployment points along the temporary border and other targets.
On the same day, the Israel Defense Forces stated that the Israeli side of the temporary border between Israel and Lebanon had been attacked many times from the Lebanese side, and two people were injured, one of whom was seriously injured. The Israeli army shot down an air target suspected of being a drone, and launched multiple attacks on infrastructure and other targets of Hezbollah armed forces in Lebanon.
The Prime Minister of Israel speaks
In an interview with Israeli media on June 23, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said that the "fierce war phase" between the Israeli army and Hamas in the Gaza Strip was "very close to the end". However, he stressed that this did not mean that Israel would end its military operations in the Gaza Strip and that the Israeli army would continue to attack Hamas targets.
Matthew Miller, spokesman of the United States State Department, said on June 24 that Israel's continued military operations in the Gaza Strip after the end of the "fierce war phase" would only bring about continued conflict, instability and insecurity for Israel.
In response to Netanyahu's previous claim that Israel may need to establish temporary military control over civilian life in Gaza, Miller said that the United States opposes. He also said that the United States did not want to see Israel occupy the Gaza Strip again.
According to the website of the US State Department, US Secretary of State Blinken met with Israeli Defense Minister Garrant on the 24th, briefed him on the ongoing diplomatic efforts to promote the security, governance and reconstruction of the Gaza Strip in the post conflict period, and stressed the importance of this work for Israel's security. Blinken also stressed the importance of avoiding further escalation of the conflict and reaching a diplomatic solution that allows Israeli and Lebanese families to return to their respective homes.
In addition, according to the China News Service, citing the Israel Times, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said in his speech to the Israeli parliament on the 24th local time that he was still committed to reaching a ceasefire proposal proposed by Israel and welcomed by US President Biden, saying that Israel's position had not changed.
The American news website Axios reported that a senior member of the Israeli negotiating team revealed that Israel even shared the video of Netanyahu's speech in parliament with the mediators of Egypt and Qatar. Israeli negotiators also requested that the video be transmitted to the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).
Original title: "Sudden! Israel, a major announcement!"
Source: Securities trader China