Netanyahu Condemns Abbas and Palestinian Authority's Claims in Fiery Speech

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas for denying that Hamas carried out the massacre at the Nova Festival near Gaza, instead accusing Israel of the attack. The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates had claimed that Israeli forces killed their own people during the festival. Netanyahu also expressed his goal of ensuring that any future civil administration in Gaza does not deny the massacre, educate children to become terrorists, or support the destruction of Israel. Meanwhile, the IDF prepared to expand its offensive against Hamas in southern Gaza, while Palestinian officials accused Israeli troops of forcibly evacuating Al-Shifa Hospital and leaving patients and displaced people to make perilous journeys on foot.