Netanyahu: Our exit from the Philadelphi corridor made Gaza a major threat to us | News

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a press conference in occupied Jerusalem:

• We are in a fateful war against the Iranian axis of evil.
• The enemy wants to destroy us all without exception.
• My heart breaks as I speak on the phone with the families of the six murdered abductees.
• We were close to freeing the six kidnapped people, but we did not succeed in freeing them.
• Hamas will pay a heavy price.
• The achievement of the 4 war objectives passes through the Philadelphia axis.
• The Philadelphia axis is Hamas’s oxygen tube and must be cut.
• Our exit from the Philadelphi corridor was tantamount to opening the way for weapons and other things to enter Hamas.
• Our exit from the Philadelphi corridor made Gaza a major threat to us.
• There was no previous international agreement allowing us to occupy the Philadelphia axis.
• When Sharon decided to leave the Gaza Strip, I never agreed to evacuate the Philadelphi Corridor.
• We fought 3 wars in which we eliminated many of our enemies, but we did not receive international support to reoccupy Gaza.
• When we entered the Philadelphia axis we felt a change in our favour in the military situation.
• They tell us to leave the Philadelphia axis for 42 days, and I say if we do that we will not return to it even after 42 years.
• Our entry into the Philadelphi corridor forced Hamas to change its position in the negotiations.
• After we left Lebanon, we had to return with the first missile that was fired at us from there.
• I am keen to reach an agreement, but we have not seen any positivity from Hamas towards concluding a deal.
• Our position on the Philadelphia axis is firm and will not change.