Israel is considering expansion of war in Gaza: Negotiations fail
Israel is considering expansion of war in Gaza: Negotiations fail
Negotiations on an exchange of hostages and an armistice in the Gaza Strip seem to be stuck. The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tends to a Extension of military operations , While Hamas demands that the Humanitarian situation must be addressed before returning to conversations.
The state of negotiations
An Israeli civil servant said on Sunday that Netanyahu "urges the liberation of the hostages due to a military defeat of Hamas," and accused the militant group to withdraw from a serious negotiation. The official added that Netanyahu "the release of the hostages" with the occurrence of humanitarian aid in areas outside the fighting zone and, as far as possible, in areas that are not under the control of Hamas ".
international reactions and plans
When asked about the plans to expand the military campaign, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said on Monday, "this reflected the desire to bring all hostages back" and "to end the desire to end this war after the talks about a partial agreement were unsuccessful".
It is unclear whether the Israeli government's procedure corresponds to that of US President Donald Trump's special invaded for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff. Witkoff spent three hours on Saturday with the Family hostage "It is not to expand the war, but to end it". He emphasized that the negotiations should be designed in such a way that the return of all 50 hostages takes place at the same time - "this is the only way".The humanitarian crisis in Gaza
In Gaza there are still 50 hostages, of which at least 20 are kept for life. There was Great dismay in Israel about the publication of pictures by Hamas, the two of the hostages-evyatar david And Rome Braslavski - show weak and excited. Netanyahu said the pictures would prove that Hamas "has no interest in a deal". They want to break us with these terrible videos, the wrong horror propaganda that they spread in the world. ”
The reaction of the entrepreneurs and civil society
The Forum of Families of Geiseln warned the government of expanding the military campaign in Gaza. "Netanyahu prepares the greatest deception of all time. The repeated statements about the liberation of hostages due to military victory are a lie and a public fraud," said a declaration of the forum on Sunday. The forum asked Israel and Hamas to commit to "bring the 50 hostages home, to end the war and then to rebuild and revive Israel," said the explanation.
The persistent humanitarian emergency
The Hamas emphasizes that she is ready for negotiations, but only if "the catastrophic humanitarian Situation" is approached, like Basem Naim, a high-ranking Hamas politician. Another Hamas representative, Mahmoud Mardawi, told CNN last week that there was “no sense” to continue discussions as long as the hunger crisis in Gaza continues.
The number of hunger -related deaths in Gaza rose sharply in July, reported the World Health Organization (WHO) last week. The malnutrition reaches “alarming values”, with more than 5,000 children under the age of five being treated outpatient in the first two weeks of July due to malnutrition, according to the Who.
The situation of aid deliveries
The government communication office in Gaza, controlled by Hamas, announced on Monday that 600 trucks with auxiliary goods are needed every day to alleviate the hunger crisis. In the past week, an average of 84 trucks per day got into the area. Cogat, the Israeli authority, which monitors the aid deliveries to Gaza, announced on Monday that more than 200 trucks were collected and distributed by the UN and international organizations on Sunday. But many of the trucks that get into the area are either looted by desperate civilians or organized gangs.
The United Nations gave that almost 1,400 people have been killed since the end of May; 859 Near locations of the USA supported by the USA Gaza Humanitrian Foundation (GHF) 514 along the routes of grocery deliveries. The UN said that "most of the killings were committed by the Israeli military". On Sunday, 30 people were killed while trying to get food, including 19 in the north and 11 near an GHF in Rafah, the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported.
public opinion in Israel
Surveys in Israel have shown that a large majority for the end of the conflict in the Gaza Strip and securing the release of the hostages. A new survey by the Institute for National Security Studies It is of the opinion that it is not possible to disarm Hamas, while 57 % believe that it is possible.
On Monday, hundreds of former security officers of Israel asked Trump to put Netanyahu under pressure to end the war in Gaza. "It is our technical judgment that Hamas is no longer a strategic threat to Israel," wrote the former officials in an open letter that was shared with the media on Monday. "At first this war was a just war, a defense war. But when we achieved all military goals, this war stopped being a just war," said Ami Ayalon, former director of the Israeli secret service Shin Bet.
However, right -wing extremist members of the government urge the occupation of large parts of Gaza and measures to encourage the population to leave the area completely.
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