Israel's massive attacks on Gaza: 200 dead and sharp international criticism!

In the Gaza strip, the location escalates dramatically! On Tuesday, Israel carried out the most massive air raids since the ceasefire came into force two months ago. 13 people, including women and children, were killed in Khan Younis and Gaza City, as the civil protection controlled by Hamas reports. The Hamas health authority reported that 970 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip since Monday afternoon alone. This offensive is related to the refusal of Hamas to leave Israeli hostages. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made it clear that the attacks should be continued and reinforced in order to emphasize the demands for hostage liberation.

On Wednesday, the Israeli army asked the citizens of the Gaza Strip to leave the zones in the north and south designated as “combat areas”. The Hamas, on the other hand, emphasized that it "did not close the door to negotiations". A high -ranking representative of the organization called for an end to the attacks and the beginning of new negotiation talks. These developments, as they are reported by Zeit.de , hope for a rapid de-escalation drops.

international reactions to the attacks

The international reactions to the new attacks are violent. The EU foreign commissioner Kallas confronted the Israeli government and expressed its regret about the high number of civilian victims. France's President Macron also emphasized that a military solution was impossible and called for an immediate end of the fights. In particular, the pictures of injured children and dead shock the world public. The UN also reported that a foreign employee died in the attacks while five more were injured. However, the Israeli army denies that they have intentionally attacked UN locations.

The repeated attacks on the Gaza Strip were interpreted as a break of the ceasefire, which ended on March 1st. In the first phase, Hamas had already returned several hostages, including corpses, to Israel, but many remaining hostages and the continuing fights provide excitement. While thousands of people gathered against Netanyah's politics in Jerusalem, the Israeli government is under pressure. The right -wing extremist politician Itamar Ben Gvir is expected to return to the government after terminating his ministerial position to protest against the ceasefire agreement.