Israel: GPS Disabled And IDF Leave Cancelled Over Iran Threat
Speaking at a meeting of the security cabinet on Thursday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is “acting against Iran and its proxies, defensively and offensively”.
He continued: “We will know how to defend ourselves and we will act according to the simple principle of whoever harms us or plans to harm us, we will harm them.”
Meanwhile, Israel continued to come under international pressure over the killing of seven aid workers operating in Gaza on Monday.
The founder of the group whose workers were killed in apparent drone strikes said they had been targeted “systematically, car by car”.
The deaths have prompted other aid groups to stop deliveries into northern Gaza over fears for the safety of their staff.
IDF Chief of General Staff Herzi Halevi apologised and said the incident happened because of misidentification, calling it a “grave mistake”.
US President Joe Biden told Mr Netanyahu the killing of the aid workers and overall humanitarian situation in Gaza were “unacceptable”.
Mr Biden urged the prime minister to agree to an immediate ceasefire and “made clear the need for Israel to announce and implement a series of specific, concrete, and measurable steps to address civilian harm, humanitarian suffering, and the safety of aid workers”, adding that “US policy with respect to Gaza will be determined by our assessment of Israel’s immediate action on these steps”.
