“I believe that in the coming days, we will know if we can reach an agreement for the release of our hostages. Otherwise, the fight will continue without respite“Said Lieutenant-General Zamir, in an army statement transmitted to AFP on Saturday.
The chief of staff “made a field visit and an assessment of the situation“Friday in the Gaza Strip, in the company of several army high-grades, according to this press release.
“War continues, and we will adapt it to changing reality according to our interests“He added, judging that”The successes made offer us operational flexibility“.
The revival of tensions in the region, caused by the attack on Hamas against Israel on October 7, 2023, led to the Israeli side the death of 1,219 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP count made from official data. Of the 251 people kidnapped that day, 49 remain hostages in Gaza, 27 of which were declared dead by the army.
The reprisals of Israel left at least 60,332 dead in Gaza, mostly civilians, according to data from the Ministry of Health of Hamas, deemed reliable by the UN. 898 Israeli soldiers have also been killed since, according to the official assessment of the army.
After almost 22 months of a respite war against Hamas, the Gaza Strip, under Israeli blockade, is now threatened with a “widespread“, According to the UN, and totally dependent on humanitarian aid distributed by trucks or dropped from the air.