Gallant tells the US that the offensive in Gaza will not end until Hamas is “dismantled”

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Israel’s Defense Minister addresses the possibility of “identifying and allowing the emergence of an alternative government in Gaza”

June 3 (EUROPA PRESS) –

Israel’s Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant, has conveyed to the United States that the offensive against the Gaza Strip will not come to an end until the return of all those kidnapped during the October 7 attacks is achieved and until ” dismantle” the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).

Gallant has taken advantage of his recent conversation with the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, to reiterate “Israel’s commitment to dismantling Hamas as governmental and military authorities” and has opted to “identify and allow the emergence of an alternative government in Gaza”.

Likewise, he has stressed that Israel will not approve an end to the offensive against Gaza until the hostages are freed and until the domination of the Islamist group over the enclave, which it has controlled since 2007, has ended, as reported by the Israeli newspaper ‘Haaretz. ‘.

Blinken had a conversation with Gallant on Sunday in which he praised his “willingness” to reach an agreement with Hamas, a group to which he has transferred responsibility for accepting Israel’s proposal for a ceasefire and release of hostages, detailed by the president. American, Joe Biden.

“The secretary has praised Israel’s willingness to reach an agreement and stated that it is up to Hamas to accept it. He has stressed that the proposal would serve Israel’s long-term security interests, among other things, by allowing the possibility of greater integration in the region,” said Blinken’s spokesman, Matthew Miller.

Blinken has also spoken with the ‘number two’ of the Israeli war cabinet, opposition leader Benjamin Gantz, about this proposal, which would “reunite the hostages with their loved ones”, in addition to providing Israel with advances in its security interests. in the long term, especially in the north of the country, next to the border with Lebanon.

Hamas has shown itself willing to address “positively” any proposal for a “permanent” ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and stressed that it “welcomes” the proposal presented by Biden, while Israel has maintained that the plan ” would allow the war to continue until all its objectives were achieved, including the destruction of Hamas’s military and governance capabilities.”