Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel will continue its attack on the Gaza Strip despite increasing international pressure.

During a government session on Sunday, Netanyahu reiterated that Israel will continue its attack on the Gaza Strip, including the city of Rafah, while it will evacuate civilians from the combat areas.

Netanyahu added: “To our friends in the international community, I say: Is your memory short? Did you forget October 7 so quickly? Are you prepared so quickly to deprive Israel of the right to defend itself against the monsters of Hamas? Did you lose your moral conscience so quickly?” Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper considered an escalation by Netanyahu in his confrontation with US President Joe Biden.

The Israeli prime minister denounced the international pressure on Israel, saying: “Instead of putting pressure on Israel, which is waging an unjust war against an enemy crueler than it, direct your pressure on Hamas and its sponsor, Iran.” They pose a threat to the region and the entire world.”

He stressed, "In any case, we will stand in the face of all pressures, and we will continue the war until complete victory."

At the beginning of the government session, Netanyahu referred to an attack launched against him by the leader of the Democratic majority in the US Senate, Chuck Schumer, who last week called for elections in Israel and claimed that Netanyahu had “lost his authority.”

Netanyahu added: “There are those in the international community who are trying to stop the war now, before all its goals are achieved.” They do this by making false accusations against the Israeli army, against the Israeli government, and against the prime minister.

He continued: “They are doing this by making an effort to hold elections now, in the middle of the war, and they are doing this because they know that the elections now will stop the war, and will paralyze the country for at least six months.”

The Prime Minister of the Israeli government stressed that if the war is stopped now, before achieving all its goals, this means that Israel has lost the war, continuing: “We will not allow that, and that is why we must not surrender to these pressures, and we will not surrender to them.”

He continued: “No international pressure will prevent us from achieving all the goals of the war: eliminating Hamas, releasing all detainees, and ensuring that Gaza will not pose another threat against Israel.”

He added: “In order to do this, we will also work in Rafah. This is the only way to eliminate the remaining Hamas brigades, and this is the only way to exert the necessary military pressure to release all detainees.”

He explained that operational plans for the incursion into Rafah had been approved, including steps to evacuate civilians from combat areas, noting that the operation in Rafah would take several weeks, stressing: “The operation will take place.”