Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant said that the fighting is fierce in the Gaza Strip, but Israel will "victory" the war on the Strip thanks to the United States, and added that "they appear as true friends in times of need."
“I would like to thank our partner, the United States, in values and interests,” Gallant said in a press conference held on Monday evening, referring to the great American support for the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip.
He said, "We thank (US President Joe) Biden for the military aid. They are true friends in times of distress."
Gallant added, "I say to the rest of the world leaders who vote against Israel in the Security Council that you must decide. You cannot live with evil. This cannot happen, neither in Israel nor anywhere else in the world."
He continued, "This is a fierce fight and it will take time, but victory will be achieved. Our war is difficult. We are making progress in the fighting and besieging Hamas positions in Jabalia and Shuja'iya, where the elite brigades are located. We will dismantle the brigades that are fighting us, and this will be their fate and the fate of those facing us in Khan Yunis. The war." It will end when we achieve its goals,” but Gallant indicated Israel’s readiness to study new truces.
Regarding the prisoners held by Hamas in Gaza, he said that the Israeli army “turns over every stone (in Gaza) in order to return the kidnapped ones, and all the security apparatus is committed to that, and I am committed to that. We ask the Red Cross to visit the kidnapped ones, reach them, and send us a signal from them saying that they are alive.” “And I tell them, ‘This is your mission, so do it.’”
He continued, "We are open to discussing the future of the Gaza Strip without any role for Hamas in that."
The Israeli army announced on Monday that its death toll had risen to 433 since last October 7, after announcing the killing of 7 additional soldiers.
The number of soldiers killed since the start of the ground operation in Gaza on October 27 reached 123 Israeli soldiers.
The Al-Qassam Brigades announced on Sunday the killing of 40 Israeli soldiers and the destruction of 44 military vehicles within a day, including the Khan Yunis attack, while the Al-Quds Brigades said they launched attacks, including the killing of soldiers, in Shujaiya on Sunday as well.
The United States and the European Union consider the draft climate agreement “inadequate” and in need of amendment
The European Union and America considered the draft agreement proposed by the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) insufficient and in need of strengthening its wording.
“There are some good things in it, but overall it is clearly insufficient and inappropriate to address the problem we are here to address,” EU Climate Commissioner Fopke Hoekstra told reporters, adding that the text contains elements that “simply cannot be accepted.”
French Minister of Energy Transition, Agnes Pannier-Ronache, a participant in the Dubai conference, said: “This text is insufficient, insufficient, There are unacceptable elements as stated, It is disappointing.”
Spain's Minister of Environmental Transition, Teresa Ribera, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union, stated that the text is "clearly insufficient."
In turn, the United States called for “strengthening” the wording of the draft final text of the climate conference, and using a stronger wording, noting that it does not include the word “dispensing” with fossil fuels.
A US State Department spokesman said: “We appreciate the efforts made by many to write a text that seeks to balance diverse interests.” "At the same time, the mitigation section, including the issue of fossil fuels, needs to strengthen the wording, and the financing section contains inaccuracies that need to be corrected," he added.
The UAE will host the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) in Expo City Dubai during the period from November 30 to December 12.
More than 70,000 guests from 198 countries are participating in the conference, and COP28, the largest climate event in the world hosted by the UAE, recorded a record number of requests to attend, reaching 500,000 participants, including ministers and representatives of non-governmental organizations and the private sector, to contribute. In reshaping global climate action, the event is attended by about 180 heads of state and government.