‘Israel will stand alone’, PM Netanyahu rejects international criticism of war in Gaza. What we know so far

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Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday denounced international criticism of the country's war in Gaza. He was speaking at a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem. The Israeli PM recalled the time when Nazis killed six million Jews during World War II, saying “no nation came to our aid" and “people were completely defenseless against those who sought destruction".

At the event, one yellow chair was kept empty representing the hostages still held captive by Hamas in Gaza. “I say to the leaders of the world, no amount of pressure, no decision by any international forum, will stop Israel from defending itself," Netantahu lamented the surge of criticism seen around the world against Israel. He further drew parallels between the anti-Semitic sentiment and the treatment of Jews at German universities in American and other international institutions during World War II.

"What a distortion of justice and history," he said as quoted by AFP. “You will not chain our hands... Israel will continue to fight human evil...

until victory. We will defeat our genocidal enemies. Never again is now!" Netanyahu asserted.

The Israel-Gaza war resulted in over 1,170 fatalities including civilians. During the attack, militants also seized some 250 hostages. Israel estimates 128 are still held captive in Gaza, including 35 the army says are dead.

On the other hand, Israel's retaliatory attack has killed at least 34,683 people in Gaza, mostly women and children. As many as three Israeli soldiers were killed in a deadly rocket attack launched by Hamas near the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, where Palestinian health officials said at least 19 people were killed by Israeli fire on Sunday. Hamas' armed wing claimed