Netanyahu announces new attacks: This offensive is just the beginning!

Netanyahu announces new attacks: This offensive is just the beginning!

Gaza, Palästinensische Autonomiegebiete - The conflict between Israel and Hamas escalates dramatically. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the attacks on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip massively increase. In a video approach, Netanyahu explained: "We have taken the fight again with all might. From now on, negotiations are only under fire." The latest waves of attack, which led to more than 400 fatalities, were characterized as "only the beginning". Civilians under whom many women and children are also affected, as reports from the Ministry of Health in Gaza confirm. According to Palestinian sources, at least 436 people have been killed since the beginning of the new attacks, including 183 children and 94 women, and over 678 other people have been injured. The Israeli army justifies its actions as "precise attacks" on Hamas terrorists, but an independent review of the information is not possible, as the Ministry of Health controlled by Hamas reports.

political unrest and international reactions

In the middle of this military escalation, there were considerable political changes in Israel. Among other things, the right-wing extremist politician Itamar Ben-Gvir and two other members of his party were appointed to the Minister Council. In addition, there were mass protests against the Israeli government and its politics, especially against the discharge of the domestic secret service manager Ronen Bar, which perceives the population as a serious risk to national security. Annalena Baerbock, the Federal Foreign Minister, criticized the new attacks in the Gaza Strip as a step backwards for the peace process and emphasized that this was the hope of many Israelis and Palestinians to end the suffering on both sides.

While the military actions continue to stop, Israeli Minister of Defense Israel Katz announced evacuations of Palestinians from the fighting areas. The pressure on humanitarian auxiliary services is growing, while Jordan and international leaders such as France President Emmanuel Macron condemn the continuation of military operations as an "extremely dangerous step". These developments illustrate the tense conditions in the Middle East, where military and political decisions have a direct impact on the life of the civilian population. Reports about the death of a foreign UN employee in the Gaza Strip and the violation of other UN peacekeepers underline the critical situation, while aid organizations such as care alarm the humanitarian crisis dramatically.