Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presses for fast advance, despite military alerts
About 40,000 reservists were summoned by Israel this Thursday (2.Set.2025). The goal of the Prime Minister (Likud, right) is to accelerate the offensive in the city of Gaza.
Israel’s security office a plan to defeat the extremist group Hamas and “Conclude war”. At the time, the announcement suggested that a large onslaught should be made soon.
Despite the army chief’s warnings, Eyal Zamir, who considers that the operation could endanger the hostages and overload the Armed Forces, Netanyahu decided to move forward with the plan. Zamir even asked for a ceasefire agreement with Hamas, but faced resistance from the cabinet, which charges faster in town. The information is from .
The plan released in August consists of 5 principles:
- Hamas Disarmament;
- Return of all hostages;
- Gaza demilitarization;
- Israel security control in the territory;
- Establishment of an alternative civil administration other than Hamas or Palestinian Authority.
On Thursday (28.ago), Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, still an annexation plan of the Gaza Strip if Hamas does not deliver his weapons or release Israeli hostages. The proposal establishes weekly incorporation of areas of the Palestinian territory, with forced displacement of the population to the south and siege of the North and Central regions, until the complete annexation in 1 month.
Hamas reacted in a statement, classifying the proposal as “An official call to exterminate our people” and accusing Israel of using hunger and siege as weapons of war.
The attacks continued in the following days. On Tuesday (2.Set), at least 100 people died in Gaza as a result of Israeli bombings, 35 in the city of Gaza.
The Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 left 1,219 dead in Israel, mostly civilians, and resulted in the kidnapping of 251 people, according to Israeli data. In response, Israel’s has already killed more than 62,000 Palestinians in Gaza, according to the Enclave Ministry of Health – a number considered reliable by the UN (United Nations) UN.
