Freeing the hostages and militarily defeating Hamas are the two objectives that have been set. Israel in the war that is developing Middle East. The conflict started last October 7when the militia faction of the Gaza Strip Israeli territory attacked and infiltrated and response continued bombings on Palestinian territory.
In addition more than 1,200 deaths which Israel registered, they identified 239 civilians kidnapped, who are still being held hostage by Hamas after forty days. Their photos and names are plastered on a wall of the Israeli consulate in Guayaquil, where the Israeli Ambassador to Ecuador, Tzach Saridled a conversation this Thursday to explain the war conflict in his country.
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“There was no logical explanation for this attack by Hamas without understanding that it is a fundamentalist, extremist movement that people like us cannot even understand. Since that day, everything that happens in the Gaza Strip is the fault or responsibility of Hamas,” Sarid said in the meeting that also included the Israeli Consul General. Johnny Czarninski.
Israel’s decision has been made, the ambassador believes. Although the immediate goal is the liberation of the hostages, so is the longer-term goal to be achieved Defeat Hamas and that he no longer rules the Gaza Strip.
‘There is no humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip’
Various international organizations, such as United Nations Organization (UN) and the Red Cross have responded to what is happening in Gaza humanitarian crisisUnpleasant. In the territory, more than 11,000 dead And 1.5 million displaced people in the more than forty days of war.
The official position of the Israeli government is that “There is no humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip”.
Tzach Sarid explained that according to international law, all hospitals in the area have access to water, food and medicine. He specified that between 60 and 100 trucks full of products, water, medicine and food reach the Egyptian border through the Rafah crossing every day.
81 trucks with aid enter Gaza and 12 ambulances transport injured people to Egypt, shortly before the Rafah border crossing is closed again
“Is the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip very important? Yes,’ said Sarid. “But, What is happening to our humanitarian situation? What happens to the 239 hostages kidnapped in Hamas tunnels? “They don’t see the light, they can’t talk to their families, we don’t know if they are alive or dead, if they have medicine, if they are hungry or thirsty, we know nothing,” he added.
A global conflict
“It is not a war between Israel and Hamas, It is a representation of something much bigger., something global,” said Sarid. The ambassador meant Iran as a country that is much larger and more influential than Israel, but that supports the Hamas movement.
According to the ambassador Iran finances and trains members of this military faction against Israel.
Netanyahu proposes that Israel should take over “general security” in Gaza “indefinitely.”
“The Iranians do not want Israel to get closer to the Arab world, even though they themselves are rivals of the Arab world,” Sarid said. One theory from the Israeli government is that Iran “wants to create obstacles in this process of rapprochement between Israel and the Arab world, and in particular Saudi Arabia.”
The diplomat believes that Iran has no intention of getting more involved in the war, but will if it does Israel is obliged to defend itselfwhich could spark an even bigger war conflict involving neighboring countries.
International support
Israel has an important ally: USA. Sarid pointed out that although they receive defense funding from the North American country, the support is symbolic.
“We don’t need help from the United States. We have everything we need,” noted the Israeli ambassador to Ecuador. However, he indicated that what they do need is ‘understanding’.
“We first want the people of Ecuador and also the government to understand what we are doing in Gaza, that what we are doing is our right. we have the right to self-defense” he noted.
“We need the world to support us and not put obstacles in our way,” Sarid declared. (JO)
Source: Eluniverso
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