Israel calls for a reserve as part of the New Gaza attack

Israel said he would call on Wednesday. 60,000 reserves Expanding other people’s services for planned attacks in Gaza city and other areas of population infringement, putting pressure on Hamas as a ceasefire meeting Shows signs of progress.

Israeli expansion is likely to bring more death and destruction to Gaza, about 75% of that Already the majority have been destroyed It is ruled by Israel. Also, wider attacks will force more people to further disrupt the provision of humanitarian aid, as experts say territory There is an imminent risk of hunger.

Israeli plans also sparked internal controversy The remaining hostage family When another military escalation fears that a loved one will be destined Former senior official Say there is little military gain.

Hundreds of thousands of Israelis participated Large weekend protests.

As many served their previous term through the 22-month war of crushing, the decision to summon reservations from families and businesses again could further escalate those tensions.

There is no clear timetable

Speaking on condition of regulated anonymity, Israeli military officials said Wednesday that the military will gradually move to Gaza city, including parts that were previously unoperated and places where Hamas said it still has military and governing capabilities.

Officials who refused to provide an accurate timetable for the project said the process of mobilizing reserves would be unfolding over several weeks.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the operation Finally expand Building a refugee camp in central Gaza The 1948 war surrounding Israel’s creationand Mwasi, a vast evacuation camp along the coast.

These regions, along with the central city of Deir Al Bhara, are the only part of Gaza that has not been destroyed in previous Israeli businesses. They are also the area where Hamas may hold hostages in tunnels and other secret locations.

There are very few places to escape

Netanyahu said Israel would allow civilians to flee to “designated safe zones” where they are “given enough food, water and medical care as we did before.” He didn’t say where they were going.

Israel designated Mwasi as a humanitarian zone early in the war. The barren stretches of the sandy coastline were quickly filled It houses hundreds of thousands of people There is little to be in the way of food, running water, toilets and garbage collection. Israel has regularly bombed airstrikes on what it said is an extremist hiding there. Often kills women and children.

Last month, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Transferring Gaza’s population to what is called “humanitarian cities” The military is built on the abandoned ins (now almost unmanned Israeli military zone) of Rafa, the southernmost city on the border with Egypt.

Netanyahu vowed to move in the end. Many of Gaza’s population to other countries through what he calls voluntary immigration. Many Palestinians and the international community view it as an expulsion, as it is an Israeli attack. Many of Gaza have been left unmanned.

They fear that focusing south will be a step towards implementing such a plan.

Possible negotiation tactics

Israel could delay or cancel a planned attack if there is a breakthrough in a long-running ceasefire talk that stalled last month but now appears to have been revived.

Hamas said he accepted this week. New proposals from Arab mediators It is roughly the same as the previous ones that were advanced by the United States and accepted by Israel. Neither Israel nor the US have responded to the offer yet.

Netanyahu says that if Hamas gives up on power, puts his arms down and releases the remaining 50 hostages, he will end the war.

Israel will maintain open-ended security controls against Gaza while delegating the civilian regime to friendly Arab forces, Netanyahu said without identifying them. Except for Israeli-supported armed groups, no one is known to have volunteered. Known for looting aid.

Hamas said, In line with international demandsit would release the remaining hostages in return for a permanent ceasefire and Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza. The extremist groups are willing to hand over power to other Palestinians, but say they will not give up on their arms as long as Israel occupys the land that the Palestinians want in their future states. Israel believes that all arrangements that armed Hamas unharmedly could ultimately attach the October 7 attack.

Hostages are Hamas’ only negotiation tips and if they believe Israel will resume war and try to eradicate the group, they will rarely give up.

Israel has ended its previous ceasefire In March, it promoted the release of 25 hostages and eight other bodies. Since then, it has imposed a 2-1/2 month lockdown that pushed the territory into hunger. Daily airstrikes have been launched throughout Gaza, Buffer zone expanded Ordered mass evacuation.

Hamas He has only released one hostage Meanwhile, as a gesture to the United States.

Hamas-led militants killed about 1,200, mostly civilians, and sought 251 in the 2023 attack. Over half of the hostages have been released in ceasefires and other transactions. According to Gaza’s health ministry, the Israeli attack killed around 61,500 Palestinians.

The ministry, part of Hamas-run government and run by medical professionals, does not say that the number of people killed is civilians or combatants, but that women and children account for about half of the deaths. The number of institutions is considered a reliable estimate by the United Nations and independent experts. Israel challenges them, but does not provide their own numbers.

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Associated Press writer Melanie Ridman in Tel Aviv, Israel contributed to the report.

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