Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has put forward a proposal to rename the war launched in Gaza following the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023 to the “Resurrection War.”
The conflict is currently called “Iron Swords”.
“This is the ‘Resurrection War’, to ensure that October 7th never happens again,” declared Netanyahu this Monday (7), at a government meeting that marked one year of the attacks, according to a statement from the prime minister’s office.
“This is a war for our existence,” he continued, adding that the war will not end until all of its objectives are completed, which include destroying Hamas, recovering the hostages, “thwarting any future threat from Gaza” and returning displaced citizens. from the north back to their homes.
Hamas’ attack a year ago was the strongest against the Jewish people since the Holocaust. Netanyahu stated that “unlike what happened during the Holocaust – he will resist against his enemies, to wage a fierce war.”
The head of the opposition, Yair Lapid, commented on the name suggested by the prime minister. “You can change as many names as you want, (but) it will not change the fact that, under your watch, the worst catastrophe in the history of Israel occurred,” he wrote on Telegram. “This government is not the government of the resurrection, it is the government of guilt.”
The Hostage Family Forum said in a statement that “there is and will not be a resurrection without returning all hostages.”
Understand the conflict in the Gaza Strip
Israel has carried out intense airstrikes in the Gaza Strip since last year, after Hamas invaded the country and killed 1,200 people, according to Israeli counts. Furthermore, the radical group holds dozens of hostages.
Hamas does not recognize Israel as a state and claims Israeli territory for Palestine.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly promised to destroy Hamas’ military capabilities and recover people detained in Gaza.
In addition to the air offensive, the Israeli Army carries out land incursions into Palestinian territory. This caused much of Gaza’s population to be displaced.
The UN and several humanitarian institutions have warned of a catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, with a lack of food, medicine and the spread of diseases.
About a year into the conflict, the Israeli population took to the streets in protests against Netanyahu, accusing the prime minister of failing to reach a ceasefire agreement so the hostages could be released.
This content was originally published in Netanyahu proposes renaming conflict in the Gaza Strip: “Resurrection War” on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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