Israel has promised to respond to the recent attack by the Hamas group on it’s civilian citizens in the country.
It also says it is not at war with Palestine but rather with Hamas.
The Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, Michael Freeman, has pledged to take all necessary measures to ensure the eradication of the Hamas group.
This solemn promise was made during a press conference held in Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria.
He also expressed concerns over the killings of about one thousand Israeli civilian citizens by the Hamas group, saying that kind of act is a terrorist act.
He also noted that Israel will not relent until it puts an end to wars against Hamas attacks.
“Israel is going to react, we have declared war on Hamas. It is important to state at this point that this is not a war that is between Israel and Palestine, this is not about Israel and Palestine. This is about Israel and Hamas, this is about good and evil, and this is about civilization and barbarism. Either you stand with people who are defending themselves or you stand with those who cut the heads of babies. That is what this is about, it is not about anything else.” he said
According to Ambassador Freeman, civilian casualties should be expected in the war against Hamas as there was no war without civil casualties.
He however pointed out that Israel would not target civilians but Hamas.
He noted that Hamas has threatened to put Israeli children and women on the war front in the battle against Israel, however, Israel will ensure its civilians are not affected or fall casualties while retaliating to Hamas’s attack on its citizens.
Noting that Israel does not desire war in any circumstances, but would remain committed to protecting its citizens in all possible ways.
“ We will do what we need to do. At this point we are not thinking about the economy, we are thinking about the Israeli civilian casualties who were murdered in cold blood on the streets as they walked around. We will do everything we can to avoid civilian casualties. Israeli move would not be about religion or Islam, Judaism or Christianity, but evil and good. If Hamas will surrender this will be over tomorrow morning, if terrorism will be over that is not realistic. I am not asking the Palestinians anything, I am saying to the Palestinians I want a better day. I am saying this with a focus on Hamas. I am focused on dealing with Hamas and I am focused on stopping it,” Freeman added.
In a related development, the Palestinian Ambassador to Nigeria, Abdallah Shawesh, called for the need for the application of international laws to resolve the lingering crisis between Palestine and Israel.
According to him, there should be fair treatment of all parties, saying the lives of all individuals mattered and thereby, condemned the incessant killings ongoing in both countries.
While responding to the Palestinian government’s position about Hamas, the envoy said the group is not a terrorist organisation.
In his response to the Palestinian government’s position about Hamas, the envoy said the group is not a terrorist organisation.
“The group is not a terrorist organisation, but it is fighting the course of the people, to liberate their land from Israeli occupation. The ceasefire agreement between the warring parties depends on Israel, which owns a comprehensive military formation with support from allies like the United States. Many women and children were killed, medical doctors displaced and Ambulances destroyed in the renewed onslaught, the oldest churches in the world were destroyed by the Israeli forces.
“Hamas is a Palestinian political and militant organisation that governs the Gaza Strip, one of the two Palestinian territories with a presence in the West Bank,“ he said.
