Lord Cameron has mentioned there may be “no moral equivalence” between the actions of Hamas fighters and Israel’s navy.
Speaking to Sky News on a go to to Washington in his new position as overseas secretary, the previous prime minister mentioned the UK continued to inform Israel “it has to abide by international humanitarian law”.
But he mentioned there was a “fundamental difference” between the 2 sides, saying: “Whereas Israel uses its defences to try and defend its people, Hamas uses its people to try and defend its rockets.”
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Israel is furthering its floor offensive within the Gaza Strip because the conflict with Hamas continues following the assaults on 7 October.
A complete of 1,200 Israelis had been killed and 240 extra had been kidnapped and brought into Gaza as hostages on that day – greater than 75 have now been launched as a part of a now-expired ceasefire.
The Hamas-led Gaza well being ministry says greater than 15,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli assaults since – and says 70% of fatalities are girls and youngsters.
The conflict has additionally displaced greater than three-quarters of the territory’s inhabitants of two.3 million Palestinians, who’re working out of protected locations to go.
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Asked whether or not Israel wanted to be “more discriminatory” in its assaults, Lord Cameron mentioned: “We have said right from the start and have said continually that look, we back Israel’s right to defend itself to go after Hamas. This is a murderous terrorist organisation. I saw for myself the terrible things that they did on 7 October.
“But we have now mentioned that Israel has to have a regard for civilian life, they need to obey worldwide humanitarian legislation and particularly as they began within the south, to not repeat the techniques within the north.
“We have made those points just as the Americans have and will continue to do so.”
But the overseas secretary appeared to defend Israel’s actions additional, including: “Of course we want to see pauses so that aid can get in and hostages can get out.
“But should you take a look at it from Israel’s perspective – or the truth is the world’s perspective – should you cease this and Hamas remains to be accountable for a part of Gaza, there cannot be the long-term answer that we would like.
“[Hamas] is a murderous terrorist organisation that wants to kill as many people as it can, that doesn’t believe in Israel’s right to exist, and it can’t possibly be a partner for peace.”
Questioned about remarks from Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier this week, who dubbed Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “war criminal”, Lord Cameron mentioned it was for worldwide our bodies to rule on whether or not conflict crimes had been dedicated,
“But there is a fundamental difference,” he mentioned. “They [Hamas] have no regard for civilian casualties, they want as many civilian casualties as possible, so I don’t see there is some sort of moral equivalence between the two.
“Israel has to abide by worldwide humanitarian legislation and that’s the level we maintain making to it.”
Source: information.sky.com”