Israel announces that it has launched a new campaign to intensify its offensive – Liberation
Despite a rise in international criticism on his conduct of war, launched by the attack on October 7, Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu launched this Saturday the intensification of the Israeli army offensive in Gaza for « Complete the operation and defeat Hamas ».
Barely a few hours after the end of the Tour in the Gulf of Donald Trumpwho had moved hunger in the Palestinian territory, the Israeli army said he had, « During the past day, launched large -scale strikes and transferred forces to take control of areas of the Gaza Strip ».
« This is part of the initial stages of The “Gideon carts” operation and the expansion of the offensive in the Gaza Strip, in order to achieve all the objectives of the war, including the release of the hostages and the defeat of Hamas ”said the army early on Saturday on social networks.
After a two -month truce, the Israeli army resumed its offensive on March 18 in Gaza and grabbed large sections of the territory. The Netanyahu government announced in early May a plan for « conquest » of Gaza, which Israel had occupied from 1967 to 2005, requiring the internal displacement of « most of them » of its 2.4 million inhabitants.
The Gaza Civil Defense Agency said the Israeli strikes killed At least 100 people Fridayafter reporting more than 80 people on Wednesday and more 100 dead Thursday.
In a hospital in Beit Lahia (North), AFP images show residents, including children who have lost their mother, lament on the body of their loved ones, and wounded treated on the ground in the middle of cries and crying.
In Beit Lahia, Saïd Hamouda claims that the bombing “City dwellings where civilians were sleeping. The children were screaming, the doors were blown away. An indescribable scene, as if it were the end of the world ”.
« Those who do not die in the bombing will die of hunger »laments Khalil al-Tatar, another resident.
The attack on October 7, led by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, led to the death of 1,218 people on the Israeli side, mostly civilians, according to an AFP count based on official data. Of the 251 people then kidnapped, 57 remain retained in Gaza, 34 of which were declared dead by the army.
Israeli reprisals left at least 53,119 dead in Gaza, mostly civilians, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Hamas, deemed reliable by the UN.
Friday, the main Israeli association of hostage families called Benyamin Netanyahu not to miss a « Historical opportunity » for the release of their loved ones and « Unite his efforts to those of President Trump » For that, evoking « A great concern in the light of information on the intensification of attacks (Israeli) in Gaza ». But the Prime Minister insists that only increased military pressure will push Hamas to release hostages.
Since March 2, Israeli forces have also been blocking any humanitarian entrance in Gaza, Vitale for the 2.4 million inhabitants, now threatened with a « Mass famine » According to several NGOs. At the end of his tour in the Gulf, American president Donald Trump, an ally of Israel, said: “We are interested in Gaza. And we are going to make it settled. Many people are hungry. «
Hamas, whose unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7, 2023 sparked the war, then called on the United States to put pressure on the government of Benyamin Netanyahu to let in humanitarian aid.
For the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, « This last wave of bombs forcing people to move under the threat of even more intense attacks, the methodical destruction of whole neighborhoods and the refusal of humanitarian aid underline that there seems to be a push for a permanent demographic change in Gaza which (…) is equivalent to ethnic cleaning ».
Israel says there is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza and accuses Hamas of stealing international aid. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, an NGO supported by the United States, said that it would begin to distribute humanitarian aid in Gaza this month, after being maintained with Israeli officials.
However, the United Nations excluded any participation in this initiative on Thursday, invoking problems of« Impartiality, neutrality (and) independence ».
