The Israel authorities lead to Gaza’s fence, a collective punishment that qualify as “pressure measure” so that Hamas accepts their … Conditions for a new hostage exchange agreement for Palestinian prisoners. All are guilty of Israeli eyes in a strip in which “no humanitarian aid is about to enter,” said Defense minister Israel Katz, who clarified that “preventing humanitarian aid from entering Gaza is one of the main pressure tools that prevents this measure from using this measure against the population.” Hundreds of Gazatis took one day more to the streets to protest against war and in these mobilizations shouts against Hamas were heard, a situation that the military think is due to this strategy of collective punishment that resorts to hunger and thirst as weapons of war.
A Katz’s first message opened the door to the sending of aid, prior establishment of a “civil” mechanism to avoid that it falls into the hands of Islamists. This possibility caused the immediate protest of ministers such as National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, who said that allowing humanitarian assistance would be “a historical error.” The head of Culture, Miki Zohar, denounced that “the despicable murderers of Gaza do not deserve any help.” The opposition joined the criticism and the former head of Defense, Avigdor Liberman, described the arrival of food as “a surrender.” This wave of comments made Katz harden the speech.
From the United Nations they responded to the minister and reminded him that his agencies already have mechanisms to ensure that the aid does not deviate and that they are “prepared to provide assistance to the most needy, based on humanitarian principles. The supply of help to Gaza has been hindered for too long. Greater control over aid operations by one of the parties in the conflict could cause the help not to reach the most vulnerable at the time it is most needed ». UN agencies such as UNRWA are labeled “terrorists” by Israeli authorities, so these statements have no impact on the strategy of the Jewish state.
The Israelis do not witness this punishment to the Gazatí population and murdered the journalist Fatima Hassouneh and ten family members in a bombing east of the city of Gaza. According to a count of the Committee for the Protection of Journalists, at least 175 media workers have been killed in the Strip since October 2023. The Palestinian media raised the figure to 210.
Safety zone
In addition to the siege, the Israelis bombard hard since March 18, day at Benjamín Netanyahu decided to unilaterally break the high fire agreement that was in force since January 19. The military has returned to the strip and already occupy almost 50% of the territory, a movement that has caused the massive population displacement to consolidate what they call “security zone.” Katz said they plan to remain “indefinitely” and extended this intention to the military bases raised in Syria and Lebanon.
In Gaza there are not just fighting in the last month. Military sources revealed to ‘The Times of Israel’ that a great offensive would probably cause the total collapse of the negotiations of the high fire and would endanger the remaining 59 hostages that Hamas still maintains in his possession, 24 of which it is believed that they are still alive. The dialogue between the two parties is still open, although the positions are remote, especially after the requirement of Israel from a complete disarmament of Hamas, something that Islamists consider a red line, such as the permanence of the occupation forces inside the strip.
There is no agreement to view and Hamas appealed another day to psychological war. The Islamists claimed to have lost contact with the unity responsible for guarding the American hostage Edan Alexander after an Israeli bombing. Islamic Yihad joined this nerve war and spread a video of Rom Braslavski, 21 and captured on October 7, 2023 at the Nova Festival.
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