Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert gave an exclusive interview to Euronews, saying that the war will continue until Israel achieves its ultimate goal of destroying Hamas.
Amid a dire humanitarian crisis, the IDF is stepping up its ground offensive in the Gaza Strip. Ehud Olmert said in an interview:
“Every citizen, every baby, every child that is killed is terrible. So I don’t want to argue about the numbers. At the UN, they, for example, the UK, instructed their ambassadors to vote against the ceasefire. In other words, they condoned the continuation of the Israeli military operation . What did they expect? That there would be no casualties? We haven’t even gotten to the bottom of this operation yet. Khan Yunis, which is located in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, is the real headquarters of Hamas. The leadership is there, they are hiding, they have bunkers, command posts, launch pads.”
Shona Murray, Euronews journalist: “It’s interesting that you say Khan Younis is a command center, because last week we talked about Al-Shifa Hospital as the beating heart of Hamas. And yet we saw no tunnels, no weapons.”
Ehud Olmert: “You’ve seen the guns, you haven’t seen the leaders. But listen, I don’t know, there’s so much fake news now. It’s become part of life, everything is spread thoughtlessly. If you had asked me two weeks ago, I would have told you that the center “is actually in Khan Yunis. What Israel needs is to announce that when the military battle is over, Israel is immediately ready to begin negotiations with the Palestinian Authority for a two-state solution. Then Gaza will be part of the Palestinian state.”
Shona Murray, Euronews: “Should there be an investigation into why the IDF acted late? When you talk to many families, they don’t understand why they were left alone on the kibbutzim for so long.”
Ehud Olmert:”A very thorough investigation will have to be carried out. I know one thing: those who made the decisions when the possibility of such an attack presented itself, these Arabs, these inferior Arabs, what do they know? What can they do? Will they be able to resist us? We, the Israelis “, the stronghold of the nation, the result of development, the result of intelligence, the result of courage, the result of everything. They are trying to prove that they are equal to us. Seriously? They are so developed? They are simply cruel. We will have to destroy them.”
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