Netanyahu defends Gaza’s plans as a strongly criticized Israel to the United Nations Security Council

The UN ambassadors condemned Israel’s plans to “take control” from Gaza City while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted that it was the “best way” to end the war.

At a press conference, which, according to Netanyahu, was intended to “unravel the lies”, the Israeli leader said that the planned offensive would move “fairly quickly” and “free from Gaza of Hamas”.

He also said that the Israeli hostages detained in Gaza were “the only ones to be deliberately hungry” and denied that Israel was hungry for Gazans.

Meanwhile, Israel was criticized at an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UN), the United Kingdom, France and others warning the risky plan “violating international humanitarian law”.

With Denmark, Greece and Slovenia, they asked for the plan to be reversed, adding that it “would do nothing to guarantee the return of hostages and risks more in danger of their lives”.

Other members of the council have expressed a similar alarm. China called the “collective punishment” of the inhabitants of unacceptable Gaza, while Russia warned against an “reckless intensification of hostilities”.

UN deputy secretary general, Miroslav Jenca, told Reunion: “If these plans are implemented, they will probably trigger another calamity in Gaza, reverberating in the region and will cause forced trips, murders and destruction.”

Thousands of demonstrators have also descended in the streets of Israel to oppose the plan of the government, fearing that this would make the life of the hostages in danger.

In its presser, Netanyahu said that Israeli defense forces (FDI) had been invited to dismantle the “two remaining bastions of Hamas” in the city of Gaza and a central area around Al-Mawasi.

He also described a three -step plan to increase Gaza aid, including the designation of safe corridors for the distribution of humanitarian aid and more aerial drops by Israeli forces and other partners.

It would also include the increase in the number of distribution points managed by the Gazan Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) controversial in the United States and Israeli.

The UN reported earlier this month that 1,373 Palestinians had been killed in search of food since the end of May, when the GHF has installed aid distribution sites.

Netanyahu said that Hamas “violently looted the aid trucks” and, questioned about the Palestinians killed on GHF sites, said “that many shots were made by Hamas”.

Asked about the remaining Israeli hostages in Gaza – 20 of which are still considered alive – Netanyahu said “if we do nothing, we are not going to take them out”.

The Israeli chief also targeted the international press, saying that she had bought Hamas propaganda. He labeled some of the photos of malnutrition children in Gaza who worked on the first pages of the world as “false”.

Throughout the war, Israel did not allow international journalists to present themselves freely in Gaza. But Netanyahu said that a directive telling the military to bring foreign journalists had been in place for two days.

Since Saturday, five people have died due to famine and malnutrition in Gaza, bringing the total number to 217 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health managed by Hamas.

He also said that in total, more than 61,000 people have been killed as a result of the Israel military campaign since 2023.

Israel launched its offensive in response to the attack led by Hamas against southern Israel on October 7 of the same year, during which around 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.

In the past, the figures from the Ministry of Health managed by Hamas were widely used during conflict and considered reliable by the UN and other international organizations.