(VOVworld) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday Israel will maintain its offensive in Gaza until all of its military objectives are accomplished.

Smoke and debris rise after an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip, as seen from the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border on the second day of Operation Protective Edge, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. ( Photo: Flash90)

A statement by the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said military operations could be resumed by September 1 and that Tel Aviv will compensate Israeli citizens in the south who are hurt economically because of the offensive. The statement was released as the international community tries to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Gaza which has killed 2,000 Palestinians and injured 10,500, while killing 64 Israeli soldiers and 5 Israeli civilians. The UN said 70 percent of the Palestinian victims were civilians, including 478 children. Some 460,000 people, one-fourth of Gaza’s residents, have fled their homes in Gaza because of the conflict.