Benjamin Netanyahu says he is “firmly opposed” to the end of the war

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday May 26 “firmly opposed” at the end of the war in the Gaza Strip. Shortly after a meeting of the Israeli war cabinet, the prime minister accused the leader of Hamas in the Palestinian territory, Yahya Sinouar, of “continue to demand an end to the war, the withdrawal of the Israeli Defense Forces from the Gaza Strip and to leave Hamas intact, so that it can carry out the atrocities of October 7 again and again”his office said in a statement.

In Tel Aviv and central Israel, warning sirens sounded on Sunday afternoon for the first time in months. The Israeli army reported eight rockets fired from Rafah, in the far south of the Palestinian territory, where the army has been carrying out operations since May 7 to destroy the last battalions of Hamas, against whom it has been at war since. almost eight months.

In the Gaza Strip, airstrikes and artillery fire targeted Rafah in particular, despite a decision on Friday by the International Court of Justice ordering Israel to suspend its operations in this sector, which is essential for the entry of humanitarian aid. . In 24 hours, at least 81 additional deaths were recorded in the Palestinian territory, according to the Hamas Ministry of Health. The figures could not be independently verified by franceinfo.