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Netanyahu said Israel will not keep occupying Gaza

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Jerusalem: Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, declared that his country "has no intention" of maintaining the occupation of Gaza or forcing its people to leave.

A day ahead of the start of the International Court of Justice's proceedings at The Hague over the purported genocide of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Netanyahu made these statements, Xinhua news agency reported.

"I want to make a few points absolutely clear -- Israel has no intention of permanently occupying Gaza or displacing its civilian population," he said.

He added that Israel's bombardments in Gaza are aimed at Hamas militants, "not the Palestinian population, and we are doing so in full compliance with international law."

The Israeli army is "doing its utmost to minimise civilian casualties, while Hamas is doing its utmost to maximise them by using Palestinian civilians as human shields," said Netanyahu.

"Our goal is to rid Gaza of Hamas terrorists and free our hostages," he added.

Since Hamas launched its surprise attack on October 7, about 1,200 people in Israel, including 790 civilians, were killed in the initial assault as hundreds of Hamas fighters and Gazans raided southern communities. Hamas took 253 people hostage, with 132 people still held in Gaza.

Meanwhile, the Hamas-run Health Ministry reported that the Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli aggression has risen to 23,357, and about 1.9 million of Gaza's 2.3 million population is displaced as the Israeli bombardments have levelled entire neighbourhoods.


With inputs from IANS

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