Agriculture Minister speaks to Arutz Sheva about the war against Hamas and Hezbollah, warns not to place too much trust in Syria's new leaders given their associations with Al Qaeda.
Agriculture and Food Security Minister Avi Dichter sat down with Arutz Sheva - Israel National News to discuss the state of the war against Hamas and other recent developments in the Middle East such as the fall of the Assad regime in Syria.
"We had three goals at the beginning of the war on October 7th. First, the total destruction of the military infrastructure of Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Gaza. That is probably the most achievable goal. We have not 100% [achieved it yet], but we are close to it," Minister Dichter said.
"The second was to release all of the hostages in Gaza. At that time we had 255, today we have 100 [hostages remaining in Gaza]. Which means 155 were released. We still have 100. And the only way to measure it is by results. That's the only way we should measure ourselves," he said.
He continued, "The third goal is to topple the regime of Hamas in Gaza. Under the circumstances that they are practically running the humanitarian aid in Gaza, it creates some problems for us to reach this goal. But I'm sure that we shall do it." (Read More)
