Israeli Prime Minister, Benyamin Netanyahousaid on Monday that Israel was going to “take control of all” the Gaza Strip, where The army intensifies its offensive Since this weekend. Intense bombings have killed hundreds of deaths in recent days in the hungry territory and ravaged by the war.
Khan Younès Targeted
On the ground, the civil defense of Gaza announced on Monday the death of 91 people in Israeli bombings across the territory, especially around the Nasser hospital in Khan Younès, in the South.
Witnesses have reported fighting near the Nasser hospital and an intervention by Israeli special forces at the home of a Palestinian fighter, found dead. “They executed the father, and removed his son and the mother of the child,” said Mohammad Sarhane
This UN volunteer describes a scene of “apocalypse”, with fires “everywhere, belts of fire, war planes and helicopters”, during which he took refuge with his children “in the safest place of the house for fear of fire and bursts of shells”.
In Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip, “a number of martyrs have been killed by the occupation forces in the court of Indonesian hospital”, surrounded by Israeli troops for several days, “and no one could recover them,” also spoke of civil defense, Mahmoud Bassal.
Israel accuses Hamas of using civil buildings, such as hospitals, for military purposes, which the Palestinian Islamist movement denies.
South Gaza evacuations
The Israeli army called on Monday morning residents of the enclave to evacuate various sectors in the south of the small Palestinian territory. “For the attention of the inhabitants of the governorate of Khan Younès, Bani Suheila and Abasan: the Israeli defense army will launch an unprecedented offensive to destroy the capacities of terrorist organizations in this area. You must immediately evacuate west, “wrote the Israeli army spokesman for the Arabic-speaking public, Avichay Adraee, on Telegram.
“From now on, the governorate of Khan Younès is considered a dangerous combat zone,” he added. It is in this area that Tsahal indicated to have targeted an alleged Hamas command center last weeklocated in an underground infrastructure of the European hospital. According to the Minister of Defense Israel Katz, Mohammed Sinouar, brother of Yahya Sinouar, was allegedly eliminated on this occasion, although there is not yet official confirmation to this information.
An offensive to control the Gaza set
“The fights are intense and we are progressing. We will take control of the whole territory of the band, ”said Netanyahu on Monday, who had revealed a plan in this sense In early May. In recent days, the Israeli army had already intensified its bombings on the enclave, where hundreds of Palestinians have lost their lives.
“Gaza was transformed into a field of death by Netanyahu,” asserts the former officer Guillaume Ancel with the Parisian. The war columnist, author of the blog “not undergoing”, believes that the latest Tsahal maneuvers “are a political subject, but have no military meaning”. According to him, they aim to “set up the systematic devastation plan of Gaza to seize it and exile Those who survived ”.
On Saturday, TSAhal indicated that he had “transferred forces to take control of the Gaza Strip areas” as part of “the initial stages of the operation Gédeon carts and the expansion of the offensive in the Gaza Strip, in order to achieve all the objectives of the war, Including the release of hostages and the defeat of Hamas ”.
“The two war goals still exist, but the hierarchy of priorities has clearly changed,” said David Rigoulet-Roze, associate researcher at the Institute of International and Strategic Relations (IRIS), which notes a “form of flight forward, with the idea that the primary objective, assumed as such by the far-right ministers Smotrich and Ben Gvir is now the eradication of Hamas, ».
The region’s specialist analyzes a “military paradigm change” in the Israeli strategy: “Given the proven resilience of Hamas, Israel now wants to take total control of the enclave and abandons its progressive fighting strategy from North to South. »»
Resumption of humanitarian aid
Put under pressure abroad for the blockade that starves the Palestinians of Gaza, Israel announced on Sunday to authorize a limited recovery of humanitarian aidmore than two months after blockade imposed by Israel in Gaza since March 2. A decision “difficult but necessary”, according to Netanyahu. Its Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben True accused her of committing “a serious error”, giving “oxygen” to Hamas.
The Israeli Prime Minister said on Monday that Israel was to prevent a famine in Gaza “for diplomatic reasons”, “friends” of Israel having told him that they could no longer support the pursuit of war if “mass famine images” in Palestinian territory were disseminated.
“American pressures are very strong: Donald Trump made him understand, via his secretary of state Marco Rubio, that this situation was not sustainable,” decrypts David Rigoulet-Roze.
“Today, Israel facilitates the entry of trucks with baby food in Gaza. In the coming days, Israel will facilitate the entry of dozens of aid trucks, “the Eden Bar-Tal Press, director general of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said on Monday at a press conference in Jerusalem.
The United Nations, such as international aid organizations operating in the Gaza Strip has denounced shortages for weeks. The Head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has alarmed the risk of famine on Monday that increases in the Gaza Strip where “two million hungry people” according to him. Coastal territory is faced with a “critical risk of famine”, according to the IPC (integrated framework of food security) report) published on May 12.
Negotiations for a ceasefire
In addition to his offensive, Israel leads indirect talks for a ceasefire with Hamas, of which attack in southern Israelon October 7, 2023, sparked war in Palestinian territory.
Netanyahu said on Sunday open to an agreement including the end of the military offensivebut subject to the “exile” of Hamas and its “disarmament”. Until then, Hamas has rejected such requirements, saying that they are ready to release all the hostages removed on October 7 as part of a global agreement ending the war and providing for a total Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
The pressure is increasing internationally on the Hebrew state: it is necessary to “stop the massacre in Gaza”, said this weekend Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, “is enough,” echoes the head of Italian diplomacy Antonio Tajani. “We are in favor of the end of the conflict, to a ceasefire. We do not want people to suffer as they did, and we blame Hamas for that, but the fact remains that they suffer, “also said the head of American diplomacy, Marco Rubio.
