The head of the Israeli Air Force, Tomer Bar, has stated that the goal of the country’s aviation is to weaken Hamas before the ground operation by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). This was reported by The Jerusalem Post.
“We will enter with full force and strike them as if it were the first day of battle. Our role is to ’embrace’ the ground forces and say, ‘The enemy you are about to face has already met us before,'” he said.
Previously, it was reported that Israel was ready to move forward with a ground operation in the Gaza Strip.
On October 7th, Hamas forces launched thousands of rockets into Israeli territory and declared the start of the “Flood of Al-Aqsa” operation. Thousands of militants infiltrated Israeli territory, seizing dozens of military vehicles and over a hundred hostages. Against this backdrop, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the country was in a state of war.
The retaliatory operation by the IDF was named “Iron Swords,” with one of its goals being the destruction of Hamas. The Israeli Air Force carried out strikes on hundreds of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, and the Israeli National Security Council decided to halt the supply of water, food, goods, electricity, and fuel to the region. On October 13th, Israel informed the United Nations that 1.1 million Palestinians must be evacuated to the south of Gaza within 24 hours in anticipation of a ground operation in the area.
Earlier, “Gazeta.Ru” answered key questions about the Israel-Palestine conflict.
