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Israel signals end to bombing of northern Gaza | Israel’s War on Gaza News

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The Israeli army has “dismantled” Hamas in the north, but suggests the attack will continue in the rest of Gaza.

Israel has indicated it is ready to end its bombing of northern Gaza, saying it has “dismantled” Hamas in that part of the Gaza Strip.

The military spokesman’s assertion that Israel has neutralized the Palestinian armed group in the northern enclave reinforces signs that it plans to move toward a more specific campaign. It came as top U.S. and European envoys visited the region on Sunday, intensifying international pressure over the growing death toll and humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

The spokesperson said Israeli forces have now completely dismantled Hamas’s “military cadre” in northern Gaza after killing around 8,000 fighters, and will now end their major combat operations.

Hamas fighters “without a cadre and without commanders” are still present, he continued, and scattered fighting can be expected, as well as sporadic rocket fire towards Israel. But Hamas no longer operates in an organized manner in the region, he said.

The army did not address the issue of troop deployment in northern Gaza, but the spokesperson said it would “continue to deepen achievements” in the region.

However, attacks on the rest of the enclave, including the south, to which Israel had previously pushed the Palestinians as a safe zone, are expected to continue.

“We are now focused on dismantling Hamas in the central and southern Gaza Strip,” the spokesperson said.

The Israeli army’s assault using drones, missiles and ground forces was launched following the October 7 Hamas attack, which killed around 1,140 people in Israel and took 240 prisoners.

The latest casualty figures in Gaza show that almost 23,000 people have been killed and more than 58,000 injured. Many others are missing, feared under the rubble of bombed buildings. Most of the 2.3 million residents have been displaced and are struggling to find food and shelter.

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Amid these figures and the current humanitarian crisis, pressure has been mounting for weeks on Israel to end its indiscriminate war.

In particular, the United States, Israel’s main supporter, would pressure Tel Aviv to end its tactic of widespread bombing and the resulting civilian casualties.

However, Israel remained defiant. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted that the war will not end until the goals of eliminating Hamas, returning Israeli hostages and ensuring that Gaza no longer poses a threat are achieved.

The military spokesperson reiterated this position, stating that “the fighting will continue into 2024. We are operating according to a plan to achieve the objectives of the war, namely to dismantle Hamas in the north and the south.”

Yet as the death toll rises, the risk of the war sparking a regional conflagration appears to increase. Violence erupts in the occupied West Bank, on the Israeli-Lebanese border, in Iraq and Syria, as well as in the Red Sea.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Josep Borrell, the EU’s top diplomat, are currently in the Middle East trying to prevent Israel’s high-intensity campaign from escalating into a wider war in the region.

On his fourth visit to the region in three months, Blinken stresses that Israel should adjust its military operations to reduce civilian casualties and significantly increase humanitarian aid to Gaza.

However, many in the region suggest they expect Washington to do more to rein in Israel, which receives billions of dollars in support from the United States. Jordan’s King Abdullah on Sunday warned the US Secretary of State of the “catastrophic repercussions” of the continuation of the Israeli military campaign.

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