Deial Al Bala, Gaza Strip (AP) – Wide range of opposition and international condemnation from within Israel have not blocked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from his plan Expanding Israeli military operations In Gaza city.
Israeli forces began calling healthcare personnel and international agencies in the Northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, encouraging areas to be evacuated ahead of the expanded operation. It will be the day after the military announced it 60,000 Reservists Call It also extends the 20,000 reserve soldiers currently serving to support the expanded operations.
Netanyahu is expected to grant final approval for the business during a security cabinet meeting Thursday night, according to officials who are not permitted to speak to the media.
Recognition comes as people who protested in Israel and Gaza and at least 36 Palestinians were killed on strike in the Gaza Strip in the central and southern Gaza Strip on Thursday, according to a local hospital.
Operations in Gaza City may start in a few days
Israel is a target Has killed much of Hamas’ senior leadershipHamas is actively reorganizing and implementing attacks, including launching rockets at Israel, officials said.
Israeli military is already active in Jabarya, a refugee camp in the city’s Zeitoun district and in the northern Gaza Strip, preparing the basis for an expansion operation that could begin within days.
The planned attack, announced earlier this month, fears an intensifying international condemnation over Israeli restrictions on food and medicine reaching Gaza, and that many Palestinians will be forced to flee.
The UN chief of Antonio Guterres repeated the call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza on Thursday as Israel prepares to launch new attacks in Gaza and other densely populated areas.
“We will repeatedly reiterate that it is important to quickly reach the ceasefire in Gaza and the unconditional release of all hostages in order to avoid the massive death and destruction that Gaza’s military operations inevitably pose,” Guterres spoke of a press conference on the bystanders of the Japan-sponsored International Conference in Africa.
Israel and Gaza protests
People protested against the spread of the war in both Israel and Gaza on Thursday. In Gaza city, hundreds of people gathered and waving flags and posters between destroyed buildings, tiled rubbers and tents, evacuated for unusual shows and forced relocations against the war.
Women and children joined the protest, reading “Save Gaza” and “Stop the war, stop the wild attacks, save us” and holding the placards.
“We want the war against Gaza to be stopped. We don’t want to move. 22 months… That’s enough. Death. Enough destruction,” said Bisan Gazal, a woman who was kicked out of the eastern part of Gaza.
“We have lost more than 10% of our residents, 85% of our buildings and infrastructure, and much of our cultural and historical heritage,” said Amjad Al Shawa, director of the Palestinian NGO Network. “All Gaza is threatened by destruction.”
In Israel, some families of 50 hostages still being held in Gaza have gathered in Tel Aviv to condemn the expanded operation. Israel believes that around 20 hostages are still alive.
“The 42 hostages were lured alive, captured and killed due to military pressure and delayed signing deals,” said Dahlia Kusnil, whose brother-in-law Eitan Horn is still in captivity. Eitan’s brother, Iair Horn has been released During the final ceasefire.
“It’s enough to sacrifice hostages. It’s enough to sacrifice both soldiers, regular reserves and reserves. It’s enough to sacrifice evacuees. It’s enough to sacrifice the younger generations of the country.”
Additional protests are planned in Tel Aviv on Thursday night.
Gaza death toll rises
At least 36 people died in Gaza on Thursday, with another 39 deaths from Wednesday’s fatal attack in northern Gaza, Shifa Hospital reported. According to Al Awda Hospital, the airstrikes killed 19 people in central Gaza.
Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza said at least nine people were killed in an attempt to access aid and eight were killed in an airstrike near Khan Eunice.
Israeli forces did not immediately comment on the strike, but frequently accused Hamas of hiding military infrastructure in civilian regions.
According to nearby Al AQSA Hospital, in the central city of Deir-Al-Al Balah, airstrikes destroyed at least 100 tents of people evacuated by combat.
Witnesses said smoke rose from the target area and fire spread rapidly to the adjoining shelters. The civil defense team rushed to the site and worked to extinguish the flames. Many families with children were left sieved through the ashes of what they managed to have during their previous evacuation.
Mohammad Karlout, who was kicked out of northern Gaza, expressed his anger and despair over repeated attacks on civilians.
“We came to the safe zone. They were called safe. “We are civilians, not terrorists. What is our fault, and what is our children’s fault? Will this be exiled again? This is a camp for civilians, refugees. There’s no resistance either.”
Gaza’s Palestinian Health Ministry said on Thursday that the death toll in the Israel-Hamas War reached 62,192.
Additionally, two more people died of starvation and malnutrition, bringing the total number of such deaths to 271, including 112 children, the Ministry of Health said.
The ministry is part of the Hamas-run government and is staffed by medical professionals. The ministry did not say how many of the deaths were civilians or combatants, but said it accounted for about half of the women and children. The United Nations and many independent experts consider the figure to be the most reliable estimate of wartime casualties. Israel challenges its sacrifice, but does not offer its own.
Hamas-led extremists launched a war that attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, killing around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and eliciting 251. Most of the hostages were released in ceasefires or other transactions. Hamas says it will only release the rest in exchange for a permanent ceasefire and Israel’s withdrawal.
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Abou Aljoud reported that it was reported from Jerusalem by Beirut and Ridman. Yamaguchi Mari contributed from Tokyo.
