The Israeli security cabinet approved a plan to expand military operations in Gaza, which includes the “conquest” of the Palestinian enclave and start to the local population, as indicated on Monday an official.
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Hours before the decision, the Army had announced on Sunday the mobilization of tens of thousands of reservists, to expand its offensive in the strip against the Hamas Islamist movement.
“The plan will include among other things the conquest of the Gaza Strip and maintain the territories”, as well as “move the population of Gaza to the south for its protection,” said the source.
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “continues to support” the idea of the American president Donald Trump to promote the voluntary emigration of the Gazati to neighboring countries such as Jordan and Egypt, the source added. However, both Jordan and Egypt have repeatedly stated their opposition to this proposal.
The security cabinet includes Netanyahu and several ministers, and “unanimously approved” the plan, which seeks to defeat Hamas, the movement that Gaza governs, and guarantee the return of the still captive Israeli hostages.
The source consulted by AFP said the plan includes advising “powerful blows to Hamas”, without specifying its nature.
The security cabinet also approved “the possibility of a humanitarian distribution” in Gaza, under strict Israeli block from March 2. The cabinet argued that “there is currently enough food” in the territory, although humanitarian organizations and agencies have warned of the dire consequences of the blockade for the 2.4 million gazatis.
Unworthy in the families of the hostages that Hamas has
Israel intensified its air bombings and extended land operations in the Gaza Strip since the offensive in the Palestinian territory resumed on March 18. As he says, the goal is to force Hamas to free hostages still captive.
An argument that does not convince the forum of the families of the hostages captured by Hamas on October 7, 2023 in southern Israel, during its devastating surprise offensive. As they quickly knew in a statement, the plan announced “sacrifices the hostages.”
“This morning, the Government has recognized that it chooses territory instead of hostages, contrary to what is desired by more than 70% of the population,” adds the text of the Families Forum.
Islamist militiamen keep 58 hostages captive, of the total of 251 kidnapped on October 7, 2023. The attack of Hamas that day resulted in the death of 1,218 people on the Israeli side, mostly civilians, according to an AFP count based on official data.
The Israeli Operation of reprisals since then killed at least 52,535 people in Gaza, mostly civilians, according to the Ministry of Health of the coastal enclave governed by Hamas.
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