According to a report in the New York Times, the ground operation was planned to begin over the weekend in the enclave, but was postponed due to cloudy skies that meant poor visibility for the operators of fighter jets and drones that would have provided air cover.
Adverse weather conditions were not the reason for the postponement of the planned large-scale ground operation by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip against the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, its spokesman told German television last Sunday night.
“No, not at all,” Arye Saruz Shalikar, a spokesman for Israel’s armed forces, assured German public broadcaster ARD. He claimed that one of the main reasons was to allow more Palestinians to flee south.
According to a report in the New York Times, the ground operation was planned to begin over the weekend in the enclave, but was postponed due to cloudy skies that meant poor visibility for the operators of fighter jets and drones that would have provided air cover.
Mr. Salikar also called for pressure on Egypt to promise Palestinian refugees by opening the border with the Gaza Strip. “We are not interested in harming innocents, women, children and the elderly. We are interested in destroying Hamas, punishing it for its attack last Saturday.”
Eliminating it is a “big”, “difficult” goal, he acknowledged. He referred to Israel’s actions after the attack on the Munich Olympics in 1972, declaring that all those responsible, in this case the leadership of Hamas, would be punished.
Source :Skai
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