Israeli press states that the country plans a new expansion of operations in Palestinian territory; Sources asked anonymity
The Israeli Army will have to “execute” political decisions on war in the NA, the Minister of Defense said on Wednesday as divergences begin to emerge from the perspective of a total occupation of Palestinian territory. In recent days, the Israeli press has revealed the reserves and even the opposition of the General Eyal Zamir Commander, to the decision of the Prime Minister’s government to expand Army Operations in Gaza and completely overcome the hostages. Public television channel Kan 11 reported that General Zamir warned, during a meeting on Tuesday (5), that Gaza’s total occupation would be a “trap”.
The Israeli press, which cites government sources that have requested anonymity, says the government plans a new expansion of operations in Palestinian territory, including areas where hostages may be detained and in densely inhabited areas. “It is the right and duty of the commander of the Staff to express his position in the appropriate forums,” the Minister of Defense, Israel Katz, commented on Wednesday. “But after decisions are made in the political sphere, the army will execute them with determination and professionalism … until the objectives of the war are achieved,” Katz said on social network X.
According to the Maariv newspaper, General Zamir warned on Tuesday that “intensifying the fighting could result in the death of hostages”, and reiterated “his opposition to a decision to completely conquer the Gaza Strip”, which has already occupied between 1967 and 2005. The opposition leader, Yair Lapid, considered that “the way the government is going to the death of all the hunger, aggressions and torture ”.
The Israeli press reported that Netanyahu will gather his security office on Thursday (7) to make final decisions about the new phase of the war. “It is necessary to completely defeat the enemy in Gaza, free all our hostages and ensure that Gaza is no longer a threat to Israel,” the award said on Tuesday.
In war against Hamas since the attack of the Palestinian Islamist movement in its territory on October 7, 2023, the Israeli government faces increasingly intense pressure to find a solution to the conflict. Netanyahu faces double pressure: in Israel, for the situation of 49 hostages captured on October 7, of which 27 would have died according to the army; And in the rest of the world, for the suffering of more than two million Palestinians who live pons in the devastated and threatened Gaza Strip by a “widespread hunger,” according to.
In recent days, the pressure has increased further with the videos released by Hamas and Islamic Jihad showing two Israeli hostages, Evaytar David and Rom Braslavski, very weakened and thin.
In the Gaza Strip, where humanitarian aid comes into extremely limited amount, the Civil Defense reported on Wednesday the death of 20 people in the accident of a supply truck that fell over the crowd at night. “The truck toppled when hundreds of civilians were waiting for food help in the noseirat area in the center of the Gaza Strip,” said Civil Defense spokesman Mahmud Bassal.
Hamas has denounced that “despite the recent limited authorization for some help trucks, the occupant deliberately obstructs the safe passage and the distribution of help.” “This forces drivers to follow crowded with hungry civilians,” he added in a statement. Upon being questioned, an Israeli military man stated that the army has no involvement in the incident.
Caroline Willemen, a director of Médicos Without Borders, denounced the “hunger crisis” in Gaza and insisted that the situation is “devastating.” “We continue to see patients being shot or crushed in places of help distribution,” he added on social networks.
Israel imposed a total blockade on Gaza on March 2 and partially suspended the measure in May, authorizing the entry only of very limited amounts of supplies, considered insufficient by the UN.
The attack of 7 October 2023 caused the death in Israel of 1,219 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP survey based on official numbers. The offensive that Israel launched in response in Gaza killed at least 61,158 people, also mostly civilians, according to data from the Ministry of Health of the Territory, governed by Hamas since 2007. The UN has considered the data reliable.
*With information from AFP
Posted by Nicolas Robert
