Israeli official admits Gaza conflict ‘has an impact on what people feel’

The Philippines' recent vote in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) favoring a ceasefire in Gaza, and President Marcos' call for the entry of humanitarian assistance into the strip are among the results of Israel's continued war on Hamas, an Israeli official admitted.

- By JOSEPH PEDRAJAS

Sagi Karni, head of Bureau for Southeast Asia and India of Israel Foreign Affairs Ministry, said the scenes from Gaza that people see, such as the "lots of casualties," do "have an impact on what people feel."

"This is the result of the continuation of the war," Karni said.

His remark was made in a roundtable discussion with Filipino journalists on Sunday morning (local time), Aug. 10, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here, shortly before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a rare press conference, where he bared his "five-point" postwar vision for Gaza.