Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that no one will stop Israel from achieving victory in its war against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, AFP reported.
"No one will stop us - not The Hague, not the Axis of Evil, not anyone else. It is possible and necessary to go on to victory and we will," Netanyahu told a televised press conference as the war in Gaza entered its 100th day. on January 14.
Netanyahu was referring to the case filed at the UN's highest court, the International Court of Justice in The Hague, which claims the Israeli offensive is in violation of the UN Genocide Convention, as well as an alliance of Iran-backed armed groups across the The Middle East, called the "Axis of Resistance".
Israel's prime minister said the military offensive in Gaza had already "eliminated most of the Hamas battalions" in the besieged Palestinian territory.
He also said that those displaced from northern Gaza would not be able to return to their homes soon.
"There is international law and it says one simple thing - you remove a population and you don't allow it to return as long as there is danger," Netanyahu said.
"And the danger exists. There, in the northern part of Gaza, fighting is going on"./BGNES