“Need a security cover”
Israel wants to create a buffer zone with Gaza
December 2nd, 2023, 6:15 p.m
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Israel is still in the middle of a war against Hamas. And the Palestinian terrorist organization has not yet been defeated. Nevertheless, there are already plans for afterwards. To ensure that October 7th does not happen again, a buffer zone is to be created – probably at the expense of the already crowded Gaza Strip.
After the Gaza war, Israel wants to set up a buffer zone in the border area with the Gaza Strip. “Israel will need a security envelope,” Israeli government security adviser Mark Regev told reporters in Tel Aviv. “There will no longer be a situation in which Hamas people are at the border, where they can cross and kill our civilians.” He did not give any further details about the planned security zone. However, it is assumed that this will come at the expense of the Gaza Strip.
Regev said Israel had no interest in reoccupying or permanently ruling the Gaza Strip. At the same time, he said Israel must maintain control over the security of the coastal strip after the war.
He reiterated the goal of ending Hamas’ rule in the Gaza Strip after 16 years and destroying the terrorist organization’s military capabilities. The aim is to “create a new reality in Gaza so that Israeli civilians no longer have to live in constant fear of Hamas, in fear that they will come across the border and slaughter their children.” Regev admitted that Hamas is far from defeated. “They are still firing rockets at Israel and still controlling large parts of the Gaza Strip.” Israel still has “a lot of work to do.”
The latest Gaza war was triggered by the worst massacre in Israel’s history, which terrorists from the Gaza Strip committed in Israel near the border on October 7th. More than 1,200 people were killed and around 240 hostages were taken to Gaza. Israel responded with massive airstrikes, a blockade of the Gaza Strip and began a ground offensive in late October. According to the Hamas-controlled health authority, more than 15,000 people were killed. After the end of the ceasefire on Friday, new high numbers of civilian casualties are feared, especially in the south of the coastal strip.