Israel Plans To Retake Gaza City, Escalating The War And Fueling Worries For Hostages

Jerusalem (AP) – Israel said on Friday, it would concentrate. 22 Months War with Hamas He renewed international calls to end the conflict, while he took over the City of Gaza, dismissed the militant group and still mixed the fears in Gaza for Palestinian civilians and Israeli hostages.

Israel’s air and land war killed tens of thousands of people in Gaza, Most of the population displaced– WIDE AREAS OF DOLES And pushed the region towards famine. The timing of another large floor operation is uncertain. It will probably require thousands of troops to mobilize and forcibly evacuation of civilians, and almost certainly make human disaster worse.

An official who is familiar with the plans to take over Gaza City, said the operation would be “gradual ve and did not have the start date. He spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss official, sensitive issues.

Two Arab officials, in his statement to the Associated Press, are working on a new framework, including the release of all the hostages – dead and vibrant – at a time in exchange for the end of the war in Gaza and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the lane.

Before the Israeli security cabinet approved the Plan to take over the Gaza City, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu summarized more comprehensive plans in an interview with Fox News on Thursday and said that Israel plans to seize all Gaza’s control. Israel is already controlling three quarters of the region.

Hamas rejected Israel’s plans. The group said in a statement, “The expansion of aggression against our Palestinian people will not be a walk in the park,” he said.

International forces, including the Israeli allies, accelerated the criticism of the war in the midst of shocking on hunger media reports.

Germany said Friday does not allow military equipment export This can be used in Gaza until the next announcement.

If Netanyahu follows more comprehensive plans, tensions may rise further. Control of the whole regionTwenty years after Israel’s unilateral withdrawal.

In an interview with FOX News before the Security Cabinet meeting, Netanyahu asked, “We are planning to remove Hamas to ensure our security,” he asked. The authority added that Israel does not want to “protect it”.

Israel’s new plan can partially be targeted for Hamas to accept Armistice of Israel’s conditions.

In addition, Israel’s Military General Staff Lieutenant Gen. Eyal may reflect the reservations of Zamir and warned that expanding operations would endanger the more tension of Hamas and Israeli army after the regional wars that lasted for about two years.

Netanyahu’s office, after the Security Cabinet meeting, said in a statement, “the civilian population outside the war zones will provide humanitarian assistance to the control of Gaza City,” he said.

A retired brigade general and Israeli Defense and Security Forum President Amir Avivi estimated that it would take less than three months to take about 30,000 military mobilizations, to evacuate Palestinian civilians and to take over the city of Gaza.

The militants, led by Hamas, triggered the war when they entered Israel on October 7, 2023, killed about 1,200 people and kidnapped 251 people. Most hostages were released in firearms or other agreements, but 50 people stay in Gaza. Israel believes that about 20 of them are alive.

According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, Israel’s retaliation campaign killed more than 61,000 Palestinians, which did not say how many people were warriors or civilians. The Ministry is a part of the government operated by Hamas and is working by medical experts.

The United Nations and Independent Experts see the ministry’s figures as the most reliable estimation of losses. Israel discussed them without offering his own wage.

According to two officials who speak anonymously because of the sensitivity of the discussions, efforts for a new ceasefire have the support of the Great Arabian Gulf monarchies. One was directly attending negotiations and the second was informed about the efforts. Authorities said that if Israel completely re -revived Gaza, the monarchies are worried about more regional instability.

The unrelated framework aims to address the controversial problem about what Hamas will be done with its weapons, Israel’s full disarmament and rejection of Hamas. The authority, who participated in the efforts, said that discussions about the “Freezing Arms” that may involve the protection of Hamas and not using their weapons. It also requires the group to leave the power in the lane.

The authority would manage the Palestinian-Arab committee and take over the strip with a new police force trained by two US allies in the Middle East and the Palestinian administration. It is not clear which role the Western Palestinian authority will play.

The second official said the US administration was informed about the wide lines of the frame.

A senior Hamas official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he did not have the authority to briefed the media, said the group has not yet received details about the latest efforts to revive the cease -fire talks.

The AP reached the governments in Qatar, Egypt and Israel and the White House for interpretation.

US ambassador Steve Witkoff said that he had shifted a comprehensive “or no” agreement to end the war of Israel during his last visit to the pledge families and the release of hostages.

Israel has repeatedly bombed Gaza City and He made a lot of raids thereOnly the militants are collected again to return to the neighborhoods again. Today, it is one of the few areas that have not been transformed into an Israeli buffer zone in Gaza or not under evacuation orders.

Umm Youssef from the City of Gaza said he had left the city for more than 16 months before returning home.

Region rubble. The rubble is exaggerated, a sand. There is nothing to be occupied here. There is no life here, ”he said.

A large place operation can replace tens of thousands of people and It disrupts its efforts to offer food even more to the area of starvation.

It is not clear how many people are still in Gaza City, the largest in the region before the war. Hundreds of thousands of people fled under the evacuation orders during the opening weeks of the conflict, but many of them returned at the beginning of this year during the ceasefire.

Shahurafa reported from Cairo from Cairo from Gaza Strip and Magdy. Associated Press writers Telaviv, Israel, Danica Kirka in London, Michelle Price, Otawa, Ontario, Ontario, Sam Mednick Tel Aviv, Israel and Fanny Brodersen in Washington contributed.

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