The Israel Army is issuing recruitment orders for tens of thousands of reservists before the planned expansion of its offensive against the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported this Saturday (03.05.2025).
Offensive could start in the next few days
The reservists will be sent to replace the recruits and soldiers in active duty in Israel and the occupied West Bank so that these can be deployed in Gaza, according to media.
A great offensive could begin in the next few days, said the Israeli Ynet news site.
The current conflict in Gaza was triggered by the unprecedented attacks led by Hamas against Israel on October 7, 2023, in which some 1200 people were killed and more than 250 were kidnapped and taken to the Palestinian enclave. According to Israel, of the 59 hostages that still remain retained in Gaza, 35 have died.
The planned mobilization would be massive
Israel seeks to intensify its attacks to press Hamas and achieve the release of the remaining hostages. After a stop to the fire of almost two months, the Israeli army resumed his attacks in the strip on March 18.
The newspaper The Jerusalem Post He pointed out that the planned mobilization is massive, but significantly lower than that which occurred immediately after Hamas’s attack in October 2023.
It is likely that the expansion of attacks further aggravates the desperate situation in the Gaza Strip, whose conditions have been described as catastrophic by help organizations.
For two months, Israel blocks the entry of supplies of help to the cordoned zone, where around two million Palestinians live.
rr (dpa/the times of israel/afp)
