From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Hamas replies to Hanegbi’s plan to replace it: ‘No meddling in the future of our people’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleGianluca Pacchiani is the Arab affairs reporter for The Times of Israel
Hamas responds to statements made yesterday by National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi that Israel’s plan for the “day after” the war in Gaza will be rolled out in the coming days.
“We affirm that the fate of our Palestinian people, and the future of the Gaza Strip after defeating this criminal aggression will be decided by the Palestinian people themselves and no one else… Their brave resistance will cut off the hand of the occupation that tries to interfere in the fate and future of our people,” the terror group replies in a statement.
Speaking at the Reichman University Herzliya Conference, Hanegbi said that the Israel Defense Forces plan has “been sharpened” in recent weeks, and that “we will see a practical expression of this plan” shortly.
“We don’t have to wait for Hamas to disappear, because it is a long process,” said Hanegbi. “We can’t get rid of Hamas as an idea, there we need an alternative idea.”
The alternative put forth by Hanegbi is a government based on locals who are willing to live alongside Israel, backed up by moderate Arab states.
The Times of Israel Community.