Deputy Foreign Minister Yossi Beilin said that the conflict in the Gaza Strip may end within weeks.

This came in an interview between Beilin, who served as Minister of Justice from 1999-2000, with the Spanish newspaper "Vanguardia", in response to a question about whether the conflict could end soon, as the politician indicated that small forces from the Israeli army may continue to fight Hamas in the Gaza Strip, but "it is possible to consider the conflict over."

Beilin believes that the war “cannot last forever,” and continued: “The end of the conflict may be a matter of weeks. Small forces may continue to fight the remnants of (Hamas) or something like that, but it will not be a war. The war will end very soon”. The politician announced the impossibility of holding negotiations between the Israeli authorities and the Hamas movement, and said: “It is impossible to eliminate (Hamas), but we cannot sit together at the negotiating table in order to reach an agreement. They do not want to talk to us and acknowledge our presence in the region.” "The only way out seems to be fighting."

The war on the Gaza Strip has entered its 82nd day, as Israeli forces continue to bomb cities and governorates north and south of the Strip, amid violent clashes and international fears of a worsening humanitarian catastrophe.