The government led by the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called the rows of tens of thousands of reservists For the next stage of the war that declared Hamás On October 7, 2023, after a bloody attack in Israeli territory.
Look: I will condemn the threats of Israel and the US. And warns of the consequences of an aggression
According to the AFP agency, the expansion of military operations was unanimously approved by the security cabinet.
Netanyahu He stressed that Its troops will remain in any territory that they take from the Gaza Strip. “They will not enter and then they will withdraw. That is not the goal,” he said. He said that the operation will be overwhelming and that includes the displacement of the population to the south “to protect it” and “powerful attacks against Hamas.”
The cabinet meeting took a few hours after a ballistic missile launched by the hutís rebels of Yemen will impact near Israel airport, on the outskirts of Tel Aviv.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu aims to “conquer” Gaza. (Photo: AFP)
According to the Israel government, the goal is to “defeat” Hamas and “bring back to hostages.” An official told the AFP that his country leaves open “a window” of negotiations for the release of the kidnapped until the visit of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, in the Middle East, scheduled from May 13 to 16.
For his part, the Minister of Communications, Shlomo Karhi, described the plan as “a brave step on the road to absolute victory”, and assured that a solution to the conflict “will only arrive with the full advance of the migratory plan”; that is, to the displacement of the Gazatis.
Meanwhile, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich declared that Israelis should stop fearing the word “occupation.” “We are finally going to occupy the Gaza Strip”, said. He also explained that Israel would take control of humanitarian aid In order not to reach Hamas.
In response, the Islamist group Hamás He affirmed that the Israeli plan for the delivery of help in Gaza is equivalent to a “political blackmail” and blamed Israel of the current “humanitarian catastrophe.”
Hostages and gazaties
Precisely the Humanitarian aid It has been one of the problems for the more than 2 million Gazatis, amid the recruitment of attacks since Israel broke the truce agreed in mid -March.
Francesco Tucciteacher of the UPC and the PUCP, told Commerce what “That can generate a whole series of strong tensions in the Palestinian population”. From what is known, he said, the impossibility of storing humanitarian aid and It will be Israel who distributes it from militarized centerswill be a family representative who collects the packages and community kitchens will not be allowed.
Israel maintains a blockade of humanitarian aid in Gaza. The population is the most affected in their war against Hamas.
This adds to the forced displacement of the Gazatis, to leave their homes.
The new strategy would also have an effect on the 59 hostages that are still in the hands of Hamas, of which 24 would be alive.
“It is likely that with these military operations The possibility of liberation from living hostages is significantly reduced. HYouonly, the possibility of liberation with the alive of the hostages will be in question. It is reduced, ”Tucci said.
It is a complicated situation.
-For the analyst International Roberto HeimovitsIsrael has two objectives: first, defeat Hamas so that he does not attempt as he did on October 7, 2023, and second, free the hostages.
The liberation of hostages was paralyzed. There are still more than 50 people retained in Hamas. (Photo: AFP)
“The truth is that these two objectives seem to be contradictory. Hamas has no intentions to free hostages, unless he obtains concessions, And the Netanyahu government is weighing: o The 24 hostages, which is a very important thing, or to defeat Hamas so that it does not attack Israel again ”the specialist told this newspaper.
The best that can be expected, says Heimovits in the case of hostagesis that the pressure is so large and simultaneous that Hamas releases hostages as has happened on previous occasions.
However, The plan approved by Israel does not convince the relatives of the hostages. The captive families forum declared that What is announced “sacrifices the hostages.”
“This morning, The government has recognized that it chooses the territory instead of hostages, Contrary to what is desired by more than 70% of the population ”the families forum added in a statement.
Without international change
For now, the new plan Israel has aroused the concern of the European Union, that has urged the Netanyahu government to contain.
“The EU is concerned about the extension of these operations in Gaza, which will cause more victims and additional sufferings for the Palestinian population,” said the community spokesman for Foreign Affairs, Anouni Anouni.
And the United States?
For Tucci, Israel is likely to have the approval of the United States since in a way coincides with Donald Trump’s plan for population displacement. It is worth remembering that it was in February when the US president indicated that his country could “take control” and “appropriate” Gaza. He even pointed out that the entire population could be sent to Jordan and Egypt, although these two rejected it.
Besides…
Trump’s visit is “a window”
Donald Trump, president of the United States, will visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates between May 13 and 16. A senior Israel official He informed Reuters That this date is “a window of opportunity” to have a hostage release agreement. “If there is no agreement on the hostages, the operation ‘Gideon cars’ will begin with great intensity and will not stop until all its objectives are achieved,” he said in a report. The application of the new plan would remain pending until that date.
As for the countries of the Middle East, Tucci indicated that there would be no change. “That is, the alliances that remain, both from Israel and Iran. For now there will be no significant changes. Iran has no interest in getting involved in an open war with Israel. He has no interest at this time, and will use his proxys ”he said in reference to support groups such as Hezbollah.
Along the same lines, Heimovits sees a weakening in Hamas’s allies. On the one hand, Hezbollah has been militarily weakened, the Syrian regime of Bashar Al-Va was overthrown, and Iran is busy in nuclear negotiations with the United States.
“So, in the help plane that Hamas can receive, much less than the one beforebut there are always the hutis who cannot directly help Hamas, but they can disturb Israeli life, for example, with that ballistic missile they have launched ”explained the specialist.
That is, internationally the stage would remain the same, but it is in the Gaza Strip where the escalation of violence would be presented. Difficult days for Israelis and Gazatis that approach.
