ISRAEL cares more about civilians in Gaza than Hamas ever has, the ex-Israeli ambassador to the UK has warned.
Mark Regev has accused Hamas of trapping civilians within the battlefield and using them as human shields to “protect the terrorist machine”.
As the war grinds on for its fifth week, Israeli troops have surrounded Gaza City and moved in – destroying Hamas strongholds and sending tens of thousands of Palestinians fleeing from the carnage.
However, Israel says roughly 100,000 civilians still remain in the line of fire.
Regev, who is a senior advisor to the Israeli government, told The Sun Israel cares “much more” than Hamas about the fate of those civilians.
“We didn’t want to see civilians caught up in the crossfire. Therefore we were urging them to relocate south for the duration of the conflict.
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“And Hamas, on the other hand, has been saying the opposite. They’ve been saying, Don’t go! Stay!…
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