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Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the “Palestinian propaganda machine” to “arrest red-handed” after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Palestinian children had been killed in a rocket attack from Gaza militants. It was done,” he said. intended target.
On Sunday’s Fox News Live, the former prime minister argued that Israel needs to “break through” the “lies” coming from the Palestinians.
“They said we killed five children in Israel. They didn’t tell you the truth and this was on video,” Netanyahu claimed.
“When the five children were killed, [an] Islamic Jihad rockets aimed at Israel fail [and] Having fallen for these children, they actually killed their own children in the process of trying to kill us. “
Israel Kills Top Islamic Jihadist in Gaza, Announces Official Military Operation
Netanyahu commented as the Israeli military announced an official operation after it killed Islamic jihad chief Taisir al-Jabari on Friday amid heightened tensions between Israel and Gaza.IDF “Jabari was responsible for multiple terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians,” according to the report. His second senior commander, Khaled Mansour, was killed on Saturday.
Tensions first began to rise after Israeli security forces arrested Bassem Saadi, leader of an Islamic jihadist group.
In a statement sent to Fox News Digital on Friday, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, said the mission was carried out on Friday “because of the Islamic Jihad in Palestine’s attempted attack on Israeli civilians.” said.
“Israel was forced to launch a surgical strike military operation to stop a rocket attack from Gaza,” the ambassador said.
“Islamic Jihad in Palestine is a radical terror proxy for Iran’s Ayatollah regime whose stated goal is the destruction of the state of Israel,” Erdan continued.
The ambassador also urged “the international community and the United Nations to stop making false and immoral comparisons between law-abiding democracies and extremist terrorist organizations and to uphold Israel’s right to defend its citizens.”
Islamic Jihad militants have launched hundreds of rockets into Israel since Friday, some targeting Jerusalem.
Netanyahu said Sunday that he believes the current conflict is not just a physical battle, but a “moral and political battle”, as well as a “public relations battle”.
He then pointed out the difference between the Israeli and Palestinian Islamic Jihad movements, saying that “they are hiding behind civilians and firing at civilians”, whereas Israel is “taking as many civilian casualties as possible”. They are trying to target terrorists while avoiding them.”
“That’s the difference between a free society, a democracy, and these terrorist killers following a radical ideology,” Netanyahu continued.
The former prime minister’s comments came hours before Egyptian intelligence called for a ceasefire to begin on Sunday night, indicating a deal was struck to end the violence.
The Associated Press reported that an Egyptian intelligence official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the ceasefire between Israel and Palestine’s Islamic Jihad is expected to begin at 11:30 p.m.
The development comes after Israeli aircraft hit targets in the Gaza Strip, adding to the Palestinian death toll, and militants repeatedly fired rockets reaching deep into Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid stressed that Israel was attacking “in a precise and responsible manner to minimize harm to non-combatants”.
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“The Israeli government will not allow Gaza terrorist organizations to set agendas and threaten Israeli citizens in areas bordering Gaza,” Rapid said in a statement. “Anyone trying to harm Israel should know. We will find you.”
Anders Hagstrom of Fox News and Associated Press contributed to this report.