The prime minister of Israel has no intention of stopping the offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. “Three months ago Hamas committed a terrible massacre against us,” he said this Sunday. Netanyahu.

“My government ordered the Israel Defense Forces to go to war to eliminate Hamas, free our hostages and ensure that Gaza is never a threat again,” the president added in a statement. “The war must not stop until we achieve all the objectives“he stressed.

For its part, The Israeli Army confirmed that “fighting will continue during 2024”, when reviewing the first three months of the war. Israel’s forceful military offensive by air, land and sea on Gaza has already left almost 23,000 dead and more than 58,000 injuredas well as two million displaced people – almost the entire Gazan population – who live in the midst of an unprecedented humanitarian crisis.

For this reason, thousands of people demonstrated this Saturday on the streets of Tel Aviv to ask for an early election in Israel and demanded elections to be held “immediately”, according to the newspaper ‘The Times of Israel’.

However, the tension, far from ending, is worsening after the intense attacks between Israel and Hezbollah on the Lebanese border following the death in Beirut of Hamas’ number 2. A violence that threatens to expand the conflict throughout the Middle East.

Escalation of tension and violence

Netanyahu’s words coincide with Blinken’s arrival in Amman this Sunday. The US Secretary of State will meet with his counterpart, Ayman Safadi, and with the King of Jordan, Abdullah II. It’s about your fourth tour of the Middle East since the outbreak of the war in Gaza.

According to Jordanian state television, Safadi will discuss with Blinken “the worsening humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza” and will convey “the need to immediately stop the Israeli aggression”, as well as the demand to protect civilians. During the meeting, both officials will also hold “extensive conversations” to “stop illegal Israeli measures in the West Bank, Jerusalem and its Islamic and Christian sacred places”.

Thus, Blinken will also visit the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Israel, the West Bank and Egypt in the coming days.