ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 57

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‘We’ve met every goal set for Gaza operation, and it’s only the beginning,’ Hanegbi says

Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

Israel troops operating in the Gaza Strip in this handout photo released on November 16, 2023. (IDF)
Israel troops operating in the Gaza Strip in this handout photo released on November 16, 2023. (IDF)

National Security Council chairman Tzachi Hanegbi says the IDF is marking three weeks since the launch of its ground incursion in Gaza and is now operating in the heart of Gaza City, striking every target that it wanted.

Thousands of terrorists have been killed including senior members of Hamas’s leadership, Hangebi says. “All of the goals set by the security cabinet have been met, and as the prime minister said, ‘This is only the beginning,'”

We’re determined to reach the end of the battle, and the end of the battle will be the end of Hamas,” he says.

“We will not stop until all of Hamas’s and Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s military and leadership capabilities are eradicated,” Hanegbi adds.

This appears to be one of the first times that the PIJ has been included in such statements regarding Israel’s war aims.

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