Ehud Barak told i in an interview from his basement shelter in Tel Aviv that Israel had to 'deploy many boots on the ground'
UK steps up calls for more aid to Gaza after Egypt border allows first lorries inEhud Barak told i in an interview from his basement shelter in Tel Aviv that Israel had to ‘deploy many boots on the ground’
Speaking from his home in Tel Aviv, he said that although nothing is inevitable in war, Israel will probably conclude that it can only “eradicate all the The complication of Israeli hostages being held in Gaza by Hamas is “very high on the priority level,” he added. “It’s very subtle and delicate, what could be done and what cannot in this situation.”Although US and European leaders have stood by Israel, saying the state needs to defend itself from Hamas – a proscribed terrorist group in the US and UK – many Arab nations are urgently calling for an immediate ceasefire.”.
Mr Barak feels sympathy for Palestinians trapped in Gaza, he says. Acknowledging that “a large number of civilians in the Gaza Strip have been killed,” he accepted that the war is a “tragedy” for both sides. Mr Barak meeting Tony Blair in 1998 with Leah Rabin, the widow of assassinated Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin