Israel’s military says it has completed first phase of withdrawal, ahead of Monday peace summit in Egypt
In a post on X, Israel’s defence minister, Israel Katz, has said that his country’s “big challenge” after the release of the Israeli hostages this week will be “the destruction of all Hamas terror tunnels in Gaza”.
Katz wrote:
Israel’s great challenge after the phase of returning the hostages will be the destruction of all of Hamas’s terror tunnels in Gaza, directly by the IDF and through the international mechanism to be established under the leadership and supervision of the United States.
This is the primary significance of implementing the agreed-upon principle of demilitarizing Gaza and neutralizing Hamas of its weapons. I have instructed the IDF to prepare for carrying out the mission.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/oct/12/gaza-ceasefire-live-aid-relief-hamas-release-israel-hostages
Author : Yohannes Lowe
Publish date : 2025-10-12 09:44:00
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