INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Eiland said that Israel had failed to achieve its aims in the blockaded Palestinian region."Israel has failed in three-and-a-half out of the
of the problem was that the Israeli authorities had treated Hamas as purely a "terrorist" organization when it had already established state
cut off humanitarian aid to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians inside, and label those who remained there as combatants so it could
published by a forum of commanders and soldiers in the reserves in late September 2024.In an interview on October 29, 2023, only weeks into
the aggression, Eiland said that Israel needed to exert much stronger pressure on Hamas and other resistance groups to achieve total
victory."The fact that we are breaking down in the face of humanitarian aid to Gaza is a serious mistake..
Gaza must be completely destroyed: terrible chaos, severe humanitarian crisis, cries to heaven..."And in December 2023 he suggested that if
Hamas was not willing to discuss Israeli captives then humanitarian aid should be cut in the hope of ultimately deposing the Hamas
Palestinians and saw millions displaced.Israeli rights groups including Gisha, B'Tselem, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel and Yesh Din,
said in October 2024 that there were "alarming signs" that the plan was being implemented.Eiland's most recent comments come after Hamas
said it would delay the release of the next tranche of Israeli captives "until further notice", accusing Israel of failing to comply with
the terms of the ceasefire deal.On Tuesday, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed the ceasefire in Gaza would end and the
military would resume fighting Hamas until it was defeated if the Palestinian resistance group did not release captives by midday February
15.Hamas later issued a statement renewing its commitment to the ceasefire and accusing Israel of jeopardizing it.Hamas has gradually been
releasing captives since the first phase of a ceasefire began on January 19
But Hamas said on Monday it would not free any more captives over accusations that Israel was violating the deal.(Source: Press TV)
