Israel-Hamas war 'will be long’: Israel says war in Gaza not 'bound by time'
Israeli military stated that it conducted air force and artillery operations targeting Hezbollah locations in Lebanon. This action was taken in response to rockets being launched at several Israeli outposts in close proximity to the border. As the crisis threatens to spill out of control, world leaders have started deliberating on a new peace deal.
News agency Reuters reported on Saturday that French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his concern about the resumption of violence in Gaza and he was heading to Qatar to reignite the negotiation between Israel and Hamas. "We are at a moment when Israeli authorities must more precisely define their objectives and their final goal: the destruction of Hamas, does anyone think it is possible? If this is the case, the war will last 10 years. There is no lasting security for Israel in the region if its security is achieved at the cost of Palestinian lives and thus of the resentment of public opinions in the region.
Let's be collectively lucid," Macron said. Amid the bombardments, an Israeli official also confirmed that the trucks carrying humanitarian supplies also entered the Gaza Strip on Saturday. "Throughout the day several trucks - tens of trucks - have come into Gaza after being security cleared on the Israeli side," Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner told a briefing with journalists.
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