The Palestinian militant Hamas movement on Friday criticized the Israeli Government plan military control over control of the city of Gaza in the Palestinian enclave and described it as a “new war crime”. The movement claims that the cast of the city “means sacrifice hostages”. This is reported by TASR based on Reuters and AFP reports.
“The decision to occupy Gaza confirms that the criminal (Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu and his Nazi government does not matter the fate of their prisoners. They understand that the expansion of aggression means sacrificing them,” Hamas said.
“The approval of the plan to occupy the city of Gaza and evacuate its inhabitants with the Zionist cabinets is a new war crime that plans to commit the occupation army against the city,” Hamas continued. “We warn the criminal occupation that this criminal adventure will cost them even expensive and it will not be an easy way,” the movement said.
The decision declares the attitude of Israel
According to Hamas, this decision “clearly explains the departure (Israel) from the last round of negotiations that have been close to reaching the agreement for the ceasefire and the exchange of prisoners”. The mediated negotiations failed on July 24 after Israel and the United States announced the withdrawal of their delegations.
“We again emphasize that in our meetings with Egyptian and Qatar mediators, the movement has shown the necessary flexibility and a positive approach to ensure the success of efforts to achieve a ceasefire and make efforts to take all measures on the way to reach the agreement.”
The Israeli security cabinet approved a proposal to take control of Gaza in the Gaza Palestinian band on Friday. “The security cabinet approved the Prime Minister’s proposal (Benjamin Netanyahua) to defeat Hamas,” said the office of the Israeli Prime Minister after a few hours. The war in the Gaza Strip unleashed the attack of Palestinian militants in Israel from October 2023, who killed 1219 people, mostly civilians and kidnapped approximately 250 people as hostages. In the subsequent combat operations of the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip, more than 61,000 people lost their lives, mostly civilians – the Ministry of Health data in the territory managed by Hamas, which the UN considers reliable.
The decision is also criticized by families
Relatives of hostages introduced in October 2023 from Israel to the Gaza Palestinian zone have identified the extension of military operations in this Palestinian enclave for the “death judgment” over the hostages detained by Palestinian radicals. According to Israel estimates, there are still 50 hostages in the Gaza Strip, 20 of which are probably alive, DPA said on Friday, TASR writes.
The Forum of Hostage and Missed Family for this decision is rejected by this decision of the Israeli security cabinet and considers it an official confession that Prime Minister Netanyahu’s government retains fate and leads them – as well as Israeli soldiers – to a “colossal disaster.”
The leader of the Israeli opposition Jair Lapid in a post on the X network wrote that National Security Minister ITamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Becalel Smotrič pulled Netanyahua into something that “will last months, will lead to the death of hostages and many soldiers, will cost the Israeli taxpayers tens of billions (checkers). collapse ”.
According to The Times of Israel (Toi), Lapid warned that this is exactly what Hamas wanted: Israel to get stuck in Gaza without a goal and a plan. The occupation of Gaza called Lapid unnecessary and according to him no one knows where he will lead.
The opposition is critical
Opposition politician Benny Ganc also criticized the latest government plan and described it as “a political failure that denies the huge success of the Israeli army.”
Ganc proposed an alternative plan to achieve the declared objectives of the war, which is the destruction of Hamas and the return of hostages. “It can be done differently – first to announce that in exchange for the return of hostages we will be willing to agree with a permanent ceasefire,” he said.
Jair Golan of the Democratic Party criticized the security cabinet decision for being subject to a group of mesianists – ministers for orthodox parties.
This decision is a “disaster for generations,” added Golan. He explained that even “our sons and grandchildren will be patrolling in the streets of Gaza, we will pay hundreds of billions for years, all because of the reasons for political survival and the Mesianist visions”. He also asked the government to explain how the government plans to demilitarize the Gaza band. “Will we crawl with tunnels and look for the last Kalashnikov?” he asked.
