The Israeli Defense Minister announced Israel Katz And the chief of staff Eyal Zamir Continue progress and expand military operations in Gaza Strip Regardless of any negotiations.
Katz explained that you can Israeli forces In Gaza, all the necessary means will be used to protect soldiers and eliminate those described as murderers in Hamas movement.
The Israeli Defense Minister said that “either Hamas release the hostages or repents,” as he put it.
For his part, the Chief of Staff said Israeli army He issued instructions to his forces to expand the scope of the military operation to include additional areas in the south And the north of the Gaza Strip.
Zamir confirmed during a tour of the southern Gaza Strip, accompanied by military leaders, that the Israeli army “continues to purify large areas of infrastructure Hamas According to a tight plan until the hostilities and eliminating Hamas’s military capabilities.
The Israeli escalation comes despite the international appeals and the efforts of the intermediaries to stop the war and put an end to the suffering of the population in the sector who live an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe due to the siege and the war that has been going on for 20 months.
Since the second of last March, Israel continues a systematic starvation policy for about 2.4 million Palestinians in Gaza Strip By closing the crossings in the face of delicate aid to the border, which introduced the sector to a stage Famine And he claimed the lives of many.
With American support committed Israel Since October 7, 2023 crimes genocide In Gaza, more than 175,000 Palestinians left a martyr and wounded – most of them children and women – and more than 11,000 missing.