(ANSA) – ROME, JUL 17 – Israel risks falling into a trap laid for it by Hamas with raids that take the lives of innocent Palestinian civilians, Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said on Thursday after two people were killed in a strike on the Holy Family Catholic Church in the Gaza Strip.
“The poor people of Gaza are being used by Hamas terrorists as human shields,” he said.
“But some Israel’s forces must not practically become accomplices of Hamas by killing non-combatant Palestinians.
“This plays into the hands of the terrorists.
“It is an ignominious trap, but the government of Israel must not fall into it and it must fully accept that defending international law is a prerequisite to defending its own existence too.
“The War in Gaza must end. The one against Hamas must continue.
“The two do not overlap. It is not acceptable for them to be portrayed as inseparable.
“Today the Israeli attacks in Gaza also hit a church, that of the Holy Family, injuring (parish priest) Father Gabriel Romanelli, to whom I express my closeness.
“Today, like yesterday, like a week ago, like last month and three months ago, more innocent Palestinians died – men, women, children, who are not part of Hamas but, if anything, are its prisoners and hostages.
“Their only fault is being born in a land torn by hatred, in a dramatic time in which reason has fallen asleep.
“We have been witnessing something inhuman, heartbreaking, horrible for months now”. (ANSA).
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“The poor people of Gaza are being used by Hamas terrorists as human shields,” he said.
“But some Israel’s forces must not practically become accomplices of Hamas by killing non-combatant Palestinians.
“This plays into the hands of the terrorists.
“It is an ignominious trap, but the government of Israel must not fall into it and it must fully accept that defending international law is a prerequisite to defending its own existence too.
“The War in Gaza must end. The one against Hamas must continue.
“The two do not overlap. It is not acceptable for them to be portrayed as inseparable.
“Today the Israeli attacks in Gaza also hit a church, that of the Holy Family, injuring (parish priest) Father Gabriel Romanelli, to whom I express my closeness.
“Today, like yesterday, like a week ago, like last month and three months ago, more innocent Palestinians died – men, women, children, who are not part of Hamas but, if anything, are its prisoners and hostages.
“Their only fault is being born in a land torn by hatred, in a dramatic time in which reason has fallen asleep.
“We have been witnessing something inhuman, heartbreaking, horrible for months now”. (ANSA).
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