Revealing plans to broaden the Israeli military’s Gaza plan to include dismantling Hamas in the Strip’s central refugee camps in addition to Gaza City, Mr Netanyahu told reporters: “Those who say that Israel has a right to defend itself are also saying, ‘But don’t exercise that right.’
“I think we’re actually applying force judiciously, and they know it. They know what they would do if right next to Melbourne, or right next to Sydney, you had this horrific attack. I think you would do at least what we’re doing … [although] maybe not as efficiently and as precisely as we’re doing it.”
Mr Netanyahu said Israel adamantly opposed an independent Palestine “for the simple reason that they know it won’t bring peace, it will bring war. To have European countries and Australia march into that rabbit hole … and buy this canard, it is disappointing. And I think it’s actually shameful.”
On Saturday, Australia joined the United Kingdom, France, Canada and other allies condemning Israel’s military action in Gaza and over the weekend Anthony Albanese and New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon jointly called for an immediate ceasefire in the enclave.
But Mr Netanyahu said Hamas had a de facto state in Gaza, which the militants used “to launch a war of terror against Israel,” and would do so again if it could.
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