Israel targeting Hamas leaders in Gaza's Shifa Hospital, IDF chief says

• Published date: 20 March 2024
• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

"The arrest of senior officials is very, very important in order to put pressure on Hamas

"It is very important to put pressure on the negotiations as well, and we are serving two purposes here," he said.

"Severe damage to Hamas, dissolution of Hamas, killing of the military leadership, damage to the civilian leadership, damage to the terrorists. We should not let such a place rule," he added.

Later on Wednesday, in an interview with Sky News Arabic, IDF Arabic Spokesperson Avichai Adraee said Israel would continue to target Hamas leaders and that its main goal was the dismantling of the terror organization.

He spoke of Israel's upcoming operation in Rafah and noted that its timing was strongly related to the evacuation of the civilian population from the area. He also asserted that Israel would decide on such timing.

In addition, he stated that in order to avoid an IDF operation in Rafah, Hamas had...