Turin, 22 Sept. (LaPresse) – Israel “will not withdraw from the Yellow Line in Gaza to take up new positions within the Strip until Hamas has been eliminated and Gaza has been stripped of its weapons and tunnels”. This was stated by Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz during an annual ceremony in memory of soldiers killed in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. The Times of Israel reports. There are “various indications and intelligence reports” suggesting that Hamas is planning further kidnappings of Israelis, Katz added, without providing details of the threat, and warning “the terrorist organisation and its supporters, from Iran to Erdogan: if even a single Israeli soldier or civilian is kidnapped, the entire population of Gaza City — one million residents — will be evacuated southwards”.
Middle East, Katz: “No withdrawal from the Yellow Line until Gaza is demilitarised”
Turin, 22 Sept. (LaPresse) – Israel “will not withdraw from the Yellow Line in Gaza to take up new positions within the Strip until Hamas has been eliminated and Gaza has been stripped of its weapons and tunnels”. This was stated by Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz during an annual ceremony in memory of soldiers killed in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. The Times of Israel reports. There are “various indications and intelligence reports” suggesting that Hamas is planning further kidnappings of Israelis, Katz added, without providing details of the threat, and warning “the terrorist organisation and its supporters, from Iran to Erdogan: if even a single Israeli soldier or civilian is kidnapped, the entire population of Gaza City — one million residents — will be evacuated southwards”.