The former prime minister said a ceasefire would enable Hamas “to be able to strengthen their positions and make this war go on for even longer”.
Former prime minister Scott Morrison has rejected calls for a ceasefire in Gaza while touring one of the places in Israel hit hardest by the October 7 massacre, saying the international community should not be fooled by Hamas’ attempt to use a pause in hostilities to prepare for further attacks.
“I don’t support a ceasefire,” Morrison told Channel Nine while visiting the site, which is less than three kilometres from the Gaza border. “Do you provide a pause and a ceasefire to allow Hamas to regroup, to get themselves in a position to resist even further? I mean this is the play from Hamas, and we’ve got to be careful not to be suckered into it.”
Bullet holes and blood stains are still visible on the walls of the homes in the kibbutz weeks after the attack, with clothes and other personal belongings strewn across its streets.Johnson said that “since that appalling massacre of October 7, you’re seeing a kind of fog descend, a moral fog, and I just want to remind people of the absolute barbarism of what took place and to make it clear that Israel has the right to defend itself”.
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