The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahuthanked the president this Sunday Joe Biden the US veto of a resolution of the UN Security Council who called for a ceasefire in the Strip Loopas well as the approval of the urgent shipment of some 14,000 artillery shells to Israel, which should begin arriving today.
“Today another shipment will arrive, in fact it is already here, with important ammunition to continue the war. I thank President Biden, with whom I spoke the other day also about the fact that the US has positioned itself correctly and fairly in the Security Council and, of course, also about the material assistance it provides to the Israel Defense Forces”said Netanyahu at the beginning of his meeting with his government cabinet.
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The Israeli prime minister also spoke by phone over the weekend with the leaders of France and Germany, Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholzrespectively.
“cannot support the elimination of Hamas on the one hand and, on the other, pressure us to end the war“, Netanyahu told them, according to the version conveyed today to his ministers
Netanyahu insisted that the fighting in Loop continue “With all his strength” and “justice is on our side“, given that Israel this “united as a people and as a country, and there is no force that can prevent us from doing the right thing”.
“The war continues with even more force and intensity in the north of Gaza and in the south, to achieve all its objectives: the elimination of Hamasthe return of all our kidnapped people and the promise that Gaza will never again be a threat to Israel”, he noted.
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The prime minister also promised the rapid reconstruction of the communities adjacent to the Gaza Stripwhich were devastated by Hamas in its attack on October 7with investments in agriculture, education, employment, well-being and assistance to evacuees.
“We are committed not only to the restoration of communities, moshavs and kibbutzim, but also to the goal of making them prosper and flourish for generations to come to overcome what happened“added the prime minister.