Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahusaid on Tuesday that Israeli air, naval and ground attacks on Gaza Strip It is an “extraordinary success” a month after the start of the war against the Islamist group Hamas, which has killed more than 11,700 people.

“I want to tell you that what we see on the ground, from the reports that we receive from the War Cabinet, and conversations with commanders and soldiers This is an extraordinary success“Netanyahu said during a visit to the Tselim military base, about 25 kilometers from the Gaza Strip, according to an official statement.

“It’s true that there are problems. There are drones, improvised explosive devices and anti-tank fire. Sometimes there are very painful losses, but overall the success is phenomenal,” the prime minister added, while 348 Israeli soldiers have already died in this war.

“We do not intend to stop, we intend to continue until the end,” he stressed amid growing international pressure for a humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, where about 1.5 million Palestinians have been displaced amid the collapse of hospitals and shortages of drinking water, food, medicine, electricity and fuel.

Israel declared war on Hamas on October 7 following an attack by the Islamist group, which… left more than 1,400 dead and more than 230 hostages.While the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip has left more than 10,300 people dead, nearly 26,000 injured and 2,450 missing, most of them civilians.

On the other hand, in a televised address from the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, Netanyahu addressed his citizens to assure them thatand “the war is advancing with a force that Hamas has never seen.”

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The announcements came on the same day that the Israeli army announced that its troops were “for the first time in decades They are fighting in the heart of Gaza City.“, the main city of the Strip.

“Hamas is discovering that we are reaching places that I thought we would never reach,” said Netnayahu, who at the start of the war promised to wipe out the Islamic group from the face of the Earth.

During the 1967 Six-Day War, Israel occupied the Gaza Strip, territory it withdrew from in 2005 but has since blocked from air, land and sea.

The Prime Minister echoed previous statements by Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, reiterating that “There will be no ceasefire without the return of the hostages”About 240 people, including infants, women and the elderly, were abducted by Hamas militants on the day of the attack, including two Mexicans.

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He assured that he had spoken with the Red Cross to demand the immediate release of hostagesand are also visited by emergency physicians to ensure their well-being.

He also repeated his warning to militias in southern Lebanon, especially the Shiite group Hezbollah, not to get involved in the conflict.

“We will respond with heavy fire any attacks they make on us,” Netanyahu said, warning that Hezbollah’s formal entry into the war would be “its worst mistake.”

Since the war between Israeli forces and Hamas began, the border between Israel and Lebanon has experienced its worst escalation since 2006, with constant gunfire that This was not considered an open war.. (EFE)