Israel refuses to restore power or allow water and fuel into the Gaza Strip until all its hostages are freed, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that every terrorist will soon be “a dead man.”
Wednesday’s firm stance came as Israel’s military is expected to launch a ground attack in the region in the coming days in response to the horrific weekend terrorist attack that killed more than 1,200 people, mostly civilians.
“Humanitarian aid to Gaza? No electrical switch will be turned on, no water hydrant will be opened and no fuel truck will enter until the Israeli hostages return home,” Israeli Energy and Infrastructure Minister Israel Katz tweeted early Thursday morning.
As of Thursday, Hamas had taken about 150 people captive, including women and children, and was threatening to release images of their execution.
“Humanitarian for humanitarian,” Katz tweeted in Hebrew, according to the Austin-American Statesman.
“And no one will preach morals to us.”
The Gaza Strip was plunged into darkness on Wednesday when the region’s only power plant ran out of fuel.Getty Images
Among those believed to have been kidnapped by Hamas is Sharona Harel, who was attending a music festival near the Gaza Strip on Saturday, when the terrorists paraglided into the area and shot revelers in the street. .
That morning, the mother of two texted her husband, Yotam, saying, “They are shooting at us. “We are hiding.”
Yotam and his brother, Ohad Harel, drove about an hour and a half to get to the festival, passing gunfights in the streets and rockets fired over their heads, Ohad told the Post.
The United Nations and the Arab League have been pressuring Israel to allow fuel, water and restore electricity to the Gaza Strip. Getty Images
Meanwhile, Netanyahu joined a top political rival on Wednesday to create a wartime cabinet to oversee the fighting, vowing to “crush and destroy” the terrorist organization behind the mass slaughter.
“Every member of Hamas is a dead man,” he promised in a televised speech.
The worst attack on Israel in 50 years: how we got here
2005: Israel unilaterally withdraws from the Gaza Strip more than three decades after seizing the territory from Egypt in the Six-Day War.
2006: The terrorist group Hamas wins the Palestinian legislative elections.
2007: Hamas takes control of Gaza in a civil war.
2008: Israel launches a military offensive against Gaza after Palestinian terrorists fire rockets at the city of Sderot.
2023: Hamas launches largest attack on Israel in 50 years.
More than 1,300 Israelis have been killed, more than 3,000 wounded and at least 100 taken hostage, with the death toll expected to rise after Hamas terrorists fired thousands of rockets and sent dozens of militants into Israeli cities. .
Hamas terrorists were seen taking women hostage and parading them down the street in gruesome videos.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced “We are at war” and promised that Hamas would pay “a price it has never known.”
Gaza health officials report that at least 1,400 Palestinians have been killed and more than 6,000 injured.
Opposition leader Benny Gantz said he was “united” with his rival and ready to “wipe this thing called Hamas off the face of the Earth.”
The refusal to help restore electricity came as the United Nations is pressuring Israel to allow humanitarian aid to Gaza, after the government cut off food, fuel and water supplies to the region in retaliation for the terrorist attack. .
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The situation worsened in Gaza on Wednesday, when the only power plant serving the area ran out of fuel, leaving hospitals to rely on generators that they fear will only last a few more days.
More than 2 million people in the Gaza Strip are now without electricity, the head of Gaza’s electricity authority told CNN, leaving officials in the area unsure how they will be able to care for its residents.
As of Thursday, Hamas had taken about 150 people captive, including children, women and girls. AP Israeli officials are expected to launch a ground attack in the region in the coming days. Getty Images Hospitals in the Gaza Strip now rely on generators to generate power.AP Hospitals in the region fear they will run out of fuel for generators in the coming days.AP
Israel has mobilized 360,000 reservists, massed additional forces near Gaza and evacuated tens of thousands of residents from nearby communities.
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