IDF Chief-of-Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi stated on Tuesday that the process of arresting or eliminating top leaders of Hamas could extend to months, and the overall fight against Hamas might take “many months” to conclude.
Halevi indicated an awareness of the broader diplomatic and political landscape, acknowledging that a prolonged all-out war might not be sustainable within that context. He emphasized the IDF’s readiness to adapt to different intensity levels of conflict as necessary.
Israel warned the United Nations that it would not work with those of its officials and staff members who support Hamas propaganda against the Jewish state. the process of arresting
“Israel will stop working with those who cooperate with the Hamas terrorist regime’s propaganda machine,” government spokesman Eylon Levy told reporters on Tuesday.
He spoke hours before the UN announced it had appointed former Dutch finance and deputy prime minister Sigrid Kaag to the newly created position of Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza to help monitor and oversee
Israel has decided not to renew the visa for one United Nations staff member currently in the country and has also rejected the visa request of another UN employee. Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen stated on Monday, “We will stop working with those who cooperate” with Hamas, in a post on X.
Responding to Cohen’s criticism and the recent visa denials, Francesca Albanese, the UN’s special rapporteur to the occupied Palestinian territories, asserted that Israel’s “baseless attacks” on the UN only demonstrate moral cowardice.