uh ladies and gentlemen. Shalom. I'm David menser Israeli. government. spokesman today is day. 213 of this. war our war aims. remain the same firstly to bring home. all 132. remaining hostages still brutally. imprisoned by Hamas in their Terror dungeons secondly to destroy Hamas. uh militarily and politically and thirdly to ensure that Gaza. never again poses a threat to Israel. today we hear in Israel. Begin our challenging. remembrance season with Holocaust. martyrs. and heroes. Remembrance Day yam, HOSA. today Israelis. commemorate the 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust. by Nazi, Germany and their collaborators and for the Jewish resistance in that period in the words of the Prime Minister last night. at the opening ceremony of the Yamaha, Uh, Israel's National. Holocaust Memorial Yad vashem. in Jerusalem. I quote 80 years ago in the Holocaust the Jewish people were totally defenseless against those who sought our destruction no Nation. came to our Aid today. We again confront enemies. bent on our destruction. I say to the leaders of the world no amount of pressure. No decision by any International Forum will stop Israel from defending itself. as the prime minister of Israel the 1 and only Jewish State I pledge here today from Jerusalem. on this. Holocaust Remembrance Day. if Israel is forced to stand alone Israel will stand alone. but we know we are not alone because countless decent people around the world. support our just cause And I say to you. We will defeat our genocidal enemies. never again. is now. end quote. next to Fallen Soldiers IDF fatalities since the start of the October 7th Massacre have unfortunately. risen to 612 the people of Israel. grieve. with the families of first sergeant Ruben mark morai asulin. agent just 19 from Raanana. first sergeant Ido tester was 19. from Jerusalem. first sergeant tell shaivite. was 21 from kaladi. and sergeant Mikel Rosal was just 18. from Rishon lition the Hamas rockets that killed these men. Were fired from rougher. targeting the kerem Shalom humanitarian Crossing a Crossing that facilitates. Aid deliveries on a daily basis. Aid that the civilians of Gaza count on Rafa is where our IDF soldiers have yet? to enter. It contains the last. 4 Hamas battalions. these soldiers left their families and their loved ones to defend. our nation. All 4 fell fighting Hamas in Gaza yesterday there are no words of mine that can assuage the terrible pain for their families. May their memories be a blessing. next an operational update in recent hours the idea of informed gazans in eastern rougher to evacuate temporarily. towards the expanded humanitarian. area We have made Gardens aware through Flyers dropped. SMS messages. phone calls and media broadcasts in Arabic. the text of the Flies is available from the IDF website. they call on residents of certain specified neighborhoods to relocate. to specified humanitarian. safe zones, because the IDF will be operating against the terrorist organizations in these areas. for their safety the IDF urges them to evacuate. immediately. to the expanded humanitarian area in in the alma wasi area warnings have also been issued that Gaza City is still a dangerous. active combat zone. and to avoid returning. north of Wadi of Wadi Gaza. warnings have also been made to stay away from the eastern and Southern. Security fences. the IDF announced the expansion of the humanitarian area in Elmo wasi the area will spread from deir Alla in the north and up to the South. and in the East to the center of Khan younis. a map has been provided. in these areas expanded humanitarian Uh, Aid will continue Gardens have been alerted that the IDF will continue fighting the terror organizations and we have made Gardens aware that Hamas seeks to use them. as human. Shields. in rougher the IDF is not an army that seeks to conquer. and occupy ours is an army that seeks to liberate. to liberate Gaza from Hamas. next an update from KOAT on the influx of humanitarian Aid the amount of humanitarian Aid going into Gaza has significantly. increased. and continues to increase in recent weeks. close to 100 food Aid trucks. travel to Northern. Gaza daily, which was previously thought to be a problematic area with food. with the international Community and un agencies in Gaza. in talks between Israeli and un Representatives including the world food program. None of them. indicated a risk of famine. in Northern Gaza. They noted that the humanitarian situation is improving. and that there is a variety of goods. in both warehouses and markets. in the North. markets in the North and the South are bustling. noting the improved situation. International or organizations. stated last week. that the volume of goods transported to Northern Gaza. must be reduced. I'll repeat that that the volume. of goods transported to Northern Gaza must be reduced. since the quantities be too high. in relation. to the population Israel. has established various Aid routes including air drops the maritime route and land Crossings to deliver Aid to Gaza. There are currently 2 Crossings for Aid delivery to Northern Gaza and 2. in the South with over. 350 trucks. entering. Gaza daily. 350 trucks. entering Gaza daily. mostly carrying food. enough food for all the people for all of uh, civilian Gardens. the issue has never been about getting Aid into Gaza, but getting Aid to the civilians of Gaza who need it the most. before. It is looted and stolen by Hamas. So. more food and enter Gaza every single day food water medical supplies without limit and shelter the humanitarian Aid arrives at the Gaza Strip by sea by air and land. So that's the end of our briefing today. I will now take your questions which you should put uh in the chat with your news Outlet. Thank you very much. First question, please. progress So I didn't quite hear that question. Could I could I ask you to repeat it? the rough evacuations be put on hold or reversed if the hostage release negotiation make progress. So again, I didn't uh, perhaps if you turn that speaker off. um, if you turn that speaker off I'll be able to hear the question. the speaker the speaker over there. Speaker there. Just repeat the question if you could thank you. My name is negotiations make progress. So I believe that's uh question from uh, Dan Williams if the uh, Gaza negotiations will continue Um and uh if it will affect the operation uh in rougher um, Dan, thank you for that question. So, um look, We have stated many many times that the Israeli government is committed to do whatever. it is. that is needed. to get our hostages home we want our third. 13. hostages home 37 of them. have unfortunately. uh 37 37 of them have unfortunately. uh been killed. Um, by Hamas so we will do whatever it is. Whatever is possible. Whatever is possible to bring our people. home And I mean that whatever. whatever is needed to bring our people home. next question, please Did Israel inform the United States? in advance of today's evacuations? Thank you for that question about whether we inform the US. about this. Uh, uh about this, uh latest operation So, uh as I think you will probably get tired of hearing me we work. uh, very very closely side by side. with our American friends. uh, the US has been uh, Israel's closest friend for decades. We're working side by side. uh shoulder-to-shoulder on this effort our uh War aims, Uh, I think are replicated both for us and the Americans that that is is of course to uh, bring our hostages home. uh to defeat Hamas militarily and politically and to ensure that Gaza can never be a threat to us. again, So yes, of course we are working extremely closely with our American friends. also did the United States approve the move? Thank you for that question. progress. Uh, thank you for that question. Um, the question was whether the US approved the move as I said to you in my previous, uh uh answer we work extremely closely with our American Allies. uh our war aims are replicated both. in Jerusalem and in Washington, DC. we both of us want to destroy Hamas to ensure that Gaza. uh, never again poses a threat to us And of course to return all of our 1322 hostages, so we are working extremely closely with the US. Uh, thank you for that question. That's probably a question. for uh, Mr. Burns directly. Um, I'm Mr. spokesman for the Israeli government. So I think uh any questions like that could probably be best addressed to um, Mr. Burns himself. next question, please Joe Pollock from uh, bra white news I can can you comment on reports? of an ammunition shipment from the US to Israel was delayed? Uh, thank you for that question. Joel. I haven't seen those reports. Um, I haven't got any information on that whatsoever. Uh, if you have any questions like that of a practical nature, uh, I could recommend um contacting the IDF, uh spokesperson spokesman directly. Thank you next. this is a message to the residents of Rafa. an attempt to convince commas. to accept to accept the deal on the table. or is it the actual Prelude? then attack in Camas? and Hamas in the town? Um, so uh, thank you for that question. uh the purpose of the operation in rougher is to do exactly what uh the IDF have stated. uh Rafer contains the last 4 Bastion battalions, of um, Hamas, Uh, we cannot leave them. uh in power, uh, it has been stated quite clearly that if we do that they will simply uh, retake Gaza and also, of course um, the uh, uh, they will simply retake Gaza and um, consequently they will attack us again because that's precisely uh what they have said, um next question, please. Jonas Bishop uh Swift TVs RF What is Israel's timeline? from rasa evacuation order and telling Val invasion Sorry, I can't hear the questions. Maybe if you tell me without the microphone. so, uh, that's a an operational question. uh, which uh, uh, obviously we won't be sharing our um operational, uh tactics. uh live over the air but as we have said, uh, the message has gone out to certain parts Eastern parts of rougher, uh to um for civilians to move out of Harm's Way, we've got no uh, we got no problem with ordinary guards, and we don't want to harm them. We're going after Hamas Hamas, uh is our enemy and they will be defeated. its 1 of our 3 War aims that we've made extremely clear at the end of this war. Hamas will no longer form a threat to Israel. uh from Gaza or or anywhere else for that matter. Uh, we're doing this not only for us we're on the front line of this Terror, but we're doing it for the entire world because Hamas and their brand of iranian-backed iranian-backed Islamic fundamentalism. can no longer be a threat to this country. And of course, it's a threat to the entire world. the entire free world That is so we're going after. Hamas they will be defeated. But of course we will do everything in our power and I mean everything. to get our hostages out. uh diplomacy. uh fighting the terrorists we will do whatever it takes to bring our people home. Next question, please. Thank you, uh for that question, so we've established. a safe humanitarian zones and the reason we've established these safe humanitarian zones. is because we want to move innocent civilians out of uh Harm's Way unfortunately, uh what we've seen in the past is uh Hamas have fired. directly upon us from uh safe, uh zones, but this will not deter us we will move. Uh, we will move. uh innocent people out of Harm's Way and then go for uh Hamas, uh our battle is not with the people of Gaza. It's with the people of with the genocidal terrorist Army. um of Hamas, so in terms of uh, um the legal aspects of this, of course we take legal considerations extremely. Uh, uh, uh, we take the M extremely seriously. all of our actions are within. Um, um, uh our our legal and that consideration. is always made in our battle, but ultimately we were attacked on October the 7th. by an organization. that says to us very clearly that they wish to do October 7th again, and again and again, uh all the countries around the world including Australia should simply ask themselves this question. what would you do What would Australia do if it was attacked by a genocidal terrorist Army? whose expressed aim, uh was to destroy all uh uh, all of your country and to kill all of your inhabitants Our war is a war of self-defense. Uh, we have no problem with the Ordinary people. uh of Gaza we're going after. Hamas and they will be defeated. our interests ultimately. is for peace in this region. uh, you know, we were getting very very close to widening the Ark of uh, peace with the Abraham Abraham Accords. We want to get back to the Abraham Accords. We want to get back to uh, peaceful relations with all the people in this region. uh, because all of us all of us here. deserve to live in peace, uh and Harmony and of course uh, it's in all of our interests to destroy Hamas, I think most uh countries around us whether they say this publicly or not all of these countries are in favor of destroying Hamas to get back to ensure that this genocidal terrorist organization. can no longer be a threat to this to the Civilized world. Next question, please. Uh, thank you for that question. Yes, uh uh, kerem Shalom was attacked. um, you know, the absolute absurdity uh it of Hamas. uh, sending projectiles Rockets. over to destroy uh, and um Target, Aid going into uh you know going into Gaza to feed. ordinary, uh Gardens, but this is this is Hamas. This is exactly who they are. They want to maximize. uh, civilian casualties. That's that's what they're trying to do. Um, you know where there is hunger, in uh Gaza is hunger orchestrated by Hamas and this is a classic example uh of their tactics. uh, we have warned about this whether the International Community has taken us taken our word for it or not. This was a classic example. of Hamas trying to disrupt Aid coming into Gaza to feed ordinary Gardens. Um, as to the practicalities of the current situation at Karen Shalom, please uh, direct your question directly to
