As ceasefire negotiations continue, a new IDF operation in Gaza City has been launched to flush out Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists who may have gathered there.
The Israeli army has again sent in its tanks and soldiers and started this offensive this weekend, searching for terrorists from Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
A decision criticized by Hamas, which is currently negotiating a ceasefire agreement with the Hebrew state.
Its leaders have said that such action could have, quote, “disastrous repercussions” on the talks.
After 9 months of a destructive conflict that would have caused more than 38,000 deadIsrael and Hamas have never been closer to a ceasefire agreement, with Hamas abandoning a key demand: that Israel commit up front to ending the war.
THE Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains undecided, however, still under the influence of the hard wing of his government, which threatens to bring down his coalition in the event of an agreement. ultranationalists are opposed to an agreement providing for a ceasefire in exchange for the release of hostages.
Gazans forced to move again
Thousands of Palestinians have thus once again been forced to leave the city in recent days, heading for the already overcrowded southern Gaza Strip.
The United Nations says Israel’s latest evacuation orders in Gaza City affect more than 60 schools housing displaced Palestinians, as well as two partially functioning hospitals.
