Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to bring together his security firm on Tuesday to trigger a new stage of the war in the Gaza Strip, where he re -authorized the partial entry of private goods on Tuesday.
This meeting, announced by the media but whose outfit has not been officially confirmed immediately, must take place when the UN Security Council is a session dedicated to the question of Israeli hostages in Gaza, initiated by Israel, which wants to carry the file “at the center of the world agenda”.
“Today (Tuesday), a limited security meeting will be held in the office of the Prime Minister”, notably bringing together the Ministers of Defense and Strategic Affairs, and the chief of staff of the army, announced in the morning the television channel N12.
The Israeli press, citing officials expressed under the guise of anonymity, is unanimous to predict the coming decision: “Netanyahu wants the Israeli army to conquer the entire Gaza Strip”, summarizes Kan public radio.
“The fate is thrown”
Several members of the cabinet spoke with the Prime Minister “confirmed that he has decided to extend the fight to areas where hostages could be detained,” said Kan. “The fate is thrown. We are going for the total conquest of the Gaza Strip, ”also ensures the daily Ma’ariv.
In war against Hamas since the unprecedented attack on the Palestinian Islamist movement on its soil on October 7, 2023, the Israeli government faced increasing pressure to find a way out of the conflict. In Israel on the fate of the 49 hostages of October 7-including 27 declared dead by the army-, and in the world to lighten the sufferings of more than two million Palestinians piled up on a territory devastated and threatened with “generalized famine” according to the UN.
“The objective is to increase the volume of the aid entering the Gaza Strip, while reducing dependence on the collection of aid by the UN and international organizations”
Tuesday morning, the COGAT, an organization of the Ministry of Defense in charge of the Civil Administration in Gaza, re -authorized the partial entry of private goods into the enclave, in a “controlled and progressive” manner.
“The objective is to increase the volume of the aid entering the Gaza Strip, while reducing dependence on the collection of aid by the UN and international organizations,” according to the COGAT.
A limited number of local merchants will be authorized to send to Gaza “basic food products, baby food, fruits and vegetables and hygiene items (…), subject to several criteria and a rigorous safety check”, detailed the COGAT.
The objective remains to “take all possible measures to prevent the involvement” of Hamas in “the routing and distribution of aid”, according to the COGAT.
“Bring back the hostages”
Israel raised the total humanitarian blockade at the end of May which he imposed in early March in the Palestinian territory, completely dependent on international aid, but only authorizes the entry of very limited quantities, deemed insufficient by the UN.
The International Community press Israel to open humanitarian valves in large. “Refusing access to food to civilians can constitute a war crime, even a crime against humanity,” repeated the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk on Monday.
At least 1,373 Palestinians have been killed since the implementation on May 27 of a new aid distribution system via the Humanitarian Foundation in Gaza (GHF) supported by Israel and the United States, most of them by Israeli fire, “while they were looking for food”, accused the UN last week. Hamas accuses Israel of voluntarily maintaining “chaos” and “organizing famine”.
The attack 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.
Israeli reprisals have killed at least 60,933 people in Gaza, mostly civilians, according to data from the Ministry of Health of Hamas, deemed reliable by the UN.
Videos, published at the end of last week by Hamas and Islamic Jihad, exhibiting two weakened and emaciated Israeli hostages have rekindled in public opinion the debate on the urgency of an agreement allowing the return of captives.
Families of hostages in mind, many Israelis demand the end of hostilities to bring “hostages home”. Mr. Netanyahu “leads Israel to his ruin and the hostages to their death,” accused the family forum, the main organization of families of captives in Gaza.
