JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said early Friday it plans to take over Gaza city. 22 Month War with Hamas. The decision came after a late-night meeting that sparked the rejection of the Palestinians, promoting international calls to end the war and sparking Israeli concerns over the fate of hostages Hamas still holds.
Israeli Air Force and Ground War have already killed tens of thousands of people in Gaza. expelled most of the population, A vast area has been destroyed and He pushed the territory into hunger. Another major ground operation almost certainly exacerbates humanitarian catastrophe.
Hamas rejected Netanyahu’s plan in a statement, saying that the Gaza people “continue to resist the profession.”
“Our widespread aggression towards Palestinians is not about walking around the park,” the group said.
Netanyahu signalled a broader war plan
Earlier on Thursday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outlined a more cleaning plan in an interview with Fox News that Israel is set to control everything in Gaza. Israel already controls about three-quarters of its devastated territory.
Israeli plans announced after the security cabinet met Thursday night will halt just before what Netanyahu proposed, and some may aim to pressure Hamas to accept it. Ceasefire over Israeli conditions.
It may also reflect the reservations of top Israeli generals. He reportedly warned that expanding would put the remaining 20 or so hostages that Hamas would retain after nearly two years of regional war, further putting the Israeli forces at risk.
Netanyahu’s office said in a statement after the meeting.
“There’s nothing left to occupy.”
Israel fired Gaza city repeatedly There, many attacks were carried out.just to return to different regions again and again when extremists are reorganized. Today it is one of the few regions in Gaza, and has not been transformed into an Israeli buffer zone or placed under evacuation orders.
The major ground surgeries there can drive away tens of thousands of people, It further disrupts efforts to deliver food On hungry territory.
It is unknown how many people live in Gaza’s largest pre-war town. Hundreds of thousands of people fled Gaza under evacuation orders during the opening week of the war, but more people returned during the ceasefire earlier this year.
According to a local hospital, Palestinians already anticipate more suffering ahead of the decision, with at least 42 people killed in Israeli airstrikes and shootings on Thursday.
Israeli military attacks have killed more than 61,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health. The ministry is part of the Hamas-run government and is staffed by medical professionals.
The United Nations and independent experts view the department’s figures as the most reliable estimate of the victims. Israel challenged them without making their own sacrifices.
“There’s nothing left to occupy,” said Maysaa Al-Heila, who lives in the displacement camp. “There’s no Gaza left.”
“We don’t want to keep it.”
Netanyahu replied, asking in an interview with Fox News before the security cabinet meeting whether Israel would “control everything in Gaza.”
“We don’t want to maintain that. We want to have a security line,” Netanyahu said in an interview. “We want to hand it over to the Arab forces who govern it properly without threatening us and living a good life in Gazan.”
Hamas official Osama Hamdan told Al Jazeera on Thursday that the group would consider Netanyahu’s proposal of Arab-led military forces in postwar Gaza to be Israel-related. He also warned that it could “enter the area into new troubles.”
Israeli General Zamir warned against occupying Gaza, putting hostages in danger and putting more strain on the troops after nearly two years of war, Israeli media reports said it would put more strain on the troops.
Hamas-led militants lured 251 people and killed about 1,200 people on October 7, 2023, attacking the attack that sparked war. Most of the hostages have been released in ceasefires and other deals, but 50 remains within Gaza. Israel believes that around 20 people are alive.
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid said on Friday that the Cabinet’s plans put them at risk and would not push Israel forward towards its goals.
“This is exactly what Hamas wanted: in the pointless profession that Israel is troubled by the ground with purpose, without defining the paintings of the day, and no one understands where it is heading,” he said in a statement from X.
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Shurafa reported from Gaza Strip in Ottawa, Ontario and Deial Al Bala in Klaus.
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