Israel starts big offensive in Gaza - Trump leaves a region without a deal
Israel starts big offensive in Gaza - Trump leaves a region without a deal
The Israeli forces have launched the first phases of a new major offensive in the Gaza Strip, while US President Donald Trump Travel to the region without agreement on an armistice. "In the past 24 hours, the Israeli defense forces (IDF) have mobilized extensive attacks and mobilized troops to conquer strategically important areas in the Gaza Strip. This is part of the opening movements of the Operation 'Gideon's Learn' in order to achieve all war goals in Gaza, including the release of hostages and the defeat of Hamas," said the military in a short message before Midnight local time.
Operation Gideon's LITTING WAGE
"IDF troops in the South Command will continue to operate to protect Israeli citizens and to realize the war goals," added the military. These developments follow the statements by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who announced this month that the population of Gaza should be replaced in the south after the decision of his security cabinet to carry out an extended military operation that a minister described as a plan.
intensification of military operations
On Thursday, the Israeli military intensified its operations in the Gaza Strip, with more than 100 people being killed. Despite Trump's proposals to create a "freedom zone" in the enclave, Israel continued the bombing. Many of the victims were in Jabalya in northern Gazas and in Khan Younis in the south, as the civil defense service Gazas reported. Netanyahu has undertaken to eliminate Hamas with a strategy that aims to keep more territory in Gaza and push the entire civilian population into a smaller area in the south.
growing tensions between the USA and Israel
The new offensive of Israel is happening against the background of growing differences between the governments of the United States and Israel. Trump expressed the wish last week that the "brutal war" in Gaza should be ended and did not visit Israel during his travels in the Middle East. He also dealt with Israel in the consent of bilateral agreements with regional militant groups. Last week an Israelo-American hostage-taker was released from Hamas, while the To carry out attacks on American ships in the Red Sea while they want to continue the fight against Israel at the same time.
On Wednesday, Trump rejected the claim that Israel was out of focus. "It's good for Israel," he said. However, on Thursday he expressed the desire that the USA should "take over" Gaza and transform it into a "freedom zone". "I have concepts for Gaza, of which I think they are very good. Make it a freedom zone, let the United States participate and simply make it a freedom zone," said Trump in Qatar.
numbers and effects of the offensive
The latest military operations of Israel took place when the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that the number of people killed in the Israeli offensive in Gaza since October 2023 now exceeded 53,000. Israel began war after Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups carried out a surprise attack in the south of Israel on October 7, 2023, in which 1,200 people, mostly civilians, were killed and 251 hostage. This attack represented the fatal terrorist attack in the history of Israel.
This story continues to develop and is updated regularly.
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