The Israeli army approves the Netanyahu plan for the capture of the city of Gaza

The Israeli army announced on Wednesday that it has “approved” the plan for the capture of the city of Gaza, the largest in the Palestinian territory, as part of a new phase of its offensive intended to defeat Hamas and to ensure the release of the hostages.

Witnesses reported very intense air strikes on the city on Wednesday as well as the presence of Israeli tanks and strong explosions in the districts of Tal Al-Hawa et Newspawwhere the army demolished houses.

According to the civil defense and medical sources, 75 Palestinians, including several children, were killed by Israeli bombings and fire, including 34 which expected humanitarian aid, and five members of the same family in an air bombardment on Khan Younès, in the south of the territory.

After 22 months of war, Israel intends to take control of this city in the north of the territory and neighboring refugee camps, one of the most densely populated areas of the Gaza Strip, in order to dismantle what it presents as the last bastions of Hamas.

The Palestinian Islamist movement denounced Wednesday Aggressive incursions in the city of Gaza and a Dangerous climbing on the part of Israel.

On the orders of the military cabinet of Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, the army, which currently exercises its control over three -quarters of the territory, is preparing to launch this new phase of its operations in order to release all the Israeli hostages selected in Gaza and Y overcome Hamas, according to its displayed objectives.

The chief of staff, the lieutenant-general Pellet pronoun, Approved the main framework of the army operational plan in the Gaza Stripannounced the army on Wednesday without any calendar having been given.

The Palestinian nightmare continues

In the streets of the city of Gaza, Palestinian families fled again, luggage and mattresses piled up on bikes or carts.

For several days, tanks have been progressing […] in the southeast part of the district of Newspawby destroying houses. Tanks also advance in the southern part of Tal Al-Hawatold theAFP Abou Ahmed Abbasa 46 -year -old man whose house was destroyed in this sector.

The strikes are extremely intense. They have intensified and there have also been artillery fire since Sunday.

The explosions are massive, there are a lot of air strikes […] The tanks are still there and I saw dozens of civilians flee west of the city, also testified Fatouma 51 -year -old woman who lives with her husband and daughter in a tent to Tal Al-Hawa.

Israeli preparations coincide with the announcement by Hamas that a movement delegation arrived in Cairo for preliminary interviews With Egyptian officials on a new truce.

Egypt announced Tuesday to work with Qatar and the United States for a 60-day ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, where the war was launched on October 7, 2023 by the bloody Hamas attack on Israeli soil.

Demilitarize Gaza, says Netanyahu

Benyamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that the Israeli plan did not aim to occupy Gaza, but to demilitarize it.

He had listed the objectives of Israel: First, disarm Hamas. Second, release all hostages. Third, demilitarize Gaza. Fourth, exercising preponderant Israeli security control. And fifth, have a non -Israeli peaceful civil administration.

The Prime Minister faces a very strong pressure from his public opinion which moved from the fate of the 49 hostages still retained in Gaza, 27 of which died, according to the army, while abroad the calls multiply to put an end to the suffering of the more than 2 million inhabitants of the besieged territory, threatened with a widespreadaccording to theHim.

The attack on Hamas resulted on the Israeli side the death of 1219 people, mostly civilians, according to a count of theAFP established from official data.

Israeli reprisals in Gaza left 61,722 dead, mainly civilians, according to data from the Ministry of Health of Hamas, deemed reliable by theHim.

On Wednesday evening, Prime Minister Netanyahu commented on recurring calls to end the war by former leaders of the Israeli security apparatus: I have a lot of esteem for them, but they forgot the meaning of the word victory […] The political solution they offer is in fact a capitulation.

The chief of staff underlined the importance of increasing the availability and preparation of troops for the recruitment of reservistsa thorny political question while ultraorthodox, which potentially represent tens of thousands of men, refuse conscription.

In a statement published on Wednesday, Hamas called for continue the massive mobilization against aggression, genocide and famine in Gaza, with days of walking and anger against the occupation and its supportersFriday, Saturday and Sunday ahead Zionist and American embassies All over the world.

Wednesday, the chief of staff underlined the importance of increasing the availability and preparation of troops for the recruitment of reservistsa thorny political question while ultraorthodox, which potentially represent tens of thousands of men, refuse conscription.

Tuesday, several hundred retired air force pilots demonstrated in Tel Aviv to the cries of Stop war! To bring the hostages to fit.

We have never opposed any war in the past. Nevertestified the ex-general And Halutzformer staff chief of the army.

This is the very first time. And if people who have fought for this country for decades come out on the street, it means somethingIt is A warning to the governmenthe said.