“The burning is.” In these words, Israel Katz Defense Minister declared the launch of the Gaza city’s land attack, with them talking about the fastest bombing they have experienced in the two years of war and the testimonies and images shocking.
According to the announcements by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), land forces, in this operation to last months are moving deeper inside the city and the number of soldiers is projected to increase in the coming days to deal with up to 3,000 fighters.
“The end will come much faster than they think”
With Israeli troops getting more and more deep into the city, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Hamas that if he had at least one of the remaining Israeli hostages, “Israel will reach them much faster”.
At tonight’s press conference, Netanyahu said he discussed the hostage issue with US President Donald Trump.
“We discussed a possibility that emerged and which I find extremely important – the security of the hostages,” the Israeli prime minister said.
“As a Hamas spokesman admitted, they use our hostages as human shields, that is, they place them in places where their lives are in danger. This is horrible. He also shocked the president. It was clearly placed on it, “he added, referring to yesterday’s Trump statements that warned Hamas not to use hostages as shields.
Then Netanyahu addressed his own threat to Hamas: “If they even tease a hair from the head of a Homer, we will chase them with even greater power, until the end of their lives, and this end will come much faster than they think.”
And he concluded: “I say it to Hamas leaders: You will have no refuge. Our attempt to find you will intensify seven times more and get you much faster than you think. “
According to the latest information, at least 91 people have been killed and even more have been injured by Israeli attacks across the Gaza.
Thousands
With the attack, the Israeli government ignored the threats of European leaders for sanctions, as well as the warnings of some of its military that it could prove to be a devastating mistake.
US President Donald Trump was written with Israel, stating that Hamas would pay a “heavy price” if he uses hostage as human shields.
International concern culminated when UN research committee concluded that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, with the Israeli government describing the finding “scandalous” and “false”. UN Secretary -General Antonio Guterres spoke of “atrocities” and stressed that the war was “moral, politically and legally unacceptable”.
According to Palestinian Health Authorities, an Israeli attack hit a vehicle with displaceders trying to escape south. At least 75 people were killed on Tuesday, most in the city of Gaza.
Shocking footage shows residents desperately looking for the ruins of two apartment buildings, while a woman mourned at a time when a child’s lifeless body was wrapped in a blanket. “From 3 in the morning we are trying to release our relative,” Abu Mohammed Hamed said.
US support – new sanctions from the EU
Israel again called on civilians to move away. Thousands of Palestinians are heading south with carts, motto, loaded vehicles or even pedestrians. “They are destroying apartment buildings, mosques, schools and roads. They erase our memories, “70 -year -old Abu Tamer wrote in a message.
Shortly before escalation, US Foreign Minister Marco Rubio pointed out that although the US wants a diplomatic solution, “we must be prepared to the opposite”. In Brussels, the Commission has announced that it would approve new sanctions against Israel, including suspension of trade agreements.
At the same time, Netanyahu stressed that his country must acquire a “independent defense industry” that withstand “international constraints”.
‘It’s like leaving death to death’
Residents who cannot leave either because of poverty or because there is no safe place, remain. “It’s like escaping from death to death, so we stay,” says Um Mohammed of Sabra.
The Israeli army estimates that 40% of the population has left the city. Hamas says that 350,000 have moved to downtown camps and west and another 175,000 have gone completely south.
Gaza had been leveled in the first weeks of the war in 2023, but about 1 million people returned to the ruins. They are now pushed into suffocating camps without food and medicines.
Internal pressures
Some Israeli generals fear that the attack may endanger hostages or prove to be a “death trap” for troops. According to three officials, the Chief of the General Staff of the Israeli Defense Forces Eyal Zamir asked Netanyahu to consider a ceasefire.
Hamas had attacked in October 2023, killing about 1,200 Israelis and taking 251 hostages. The Israeli counterattack has killed more than 64,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.
