The Israeli army has launched an intense offensive on the ground in the SPAN DE Gaza besieged.
The offensive comes to the rear of a total blockade of more than two months on Gaza after Israel decided to end a ceasefire unilaterally with Hamas in March.
Israel has undergone increasing international pressure, including its loyal allies in the American government, to accept a cease-fire and allow aid to Gaza.
Meanwhile, Hamas and Israeli negotiators are in Doha for new indirect discussions.
Here is everything you need to know about the latest assault on Israel:
What are the tanks of Operation Gideon, and why did he start now?
Operation Gideon’s Chariots is an offensive of the major field launched by Israel on the Gaza Strip which occurs after the air attacks have killed hundreds of Palestinians in recent days and more weakened the Gaza health care network. With the support of the Israeli mortal air force, the operation targets both south and northern Gaza.
The assault started while the second day of ceasefire between Israel and Hamas ended on Saturday in Doha. Israel tends to intensify operations and attacks during these negotiations. He indicated that the latter offensive exerts “enormous pressure” on Hamas.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched the latter attack while US President Donald Trump concluded his tour in the Middle East in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates but did not stop in Israel.
What are the declared objectives of Israel for this assault?
The Israeli army said that the offensive had been launched to extend the “operational control” in the Gaza Strip.
Israel says that his campaign also aims to release the remaining captives held in Gaza and defeat Hamas.
However, Netanyahu was criticized several times by segments of Israeli society, including families of captives, for not having prioritized their return and also rejected Hamas offers to end the war and release the captives.
A week before the start of the operation, quotes were disclosed from Netanyahu speaking of the forced displacement of the Palestinians in Gaza outside the Gaza Strip.
“We are destroying more and more houses. They have nowhere to come back,” Netanyahu said in the camera in camera trained in the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee of the Knesset. “The only inevitable result will be the desire of the Gazans to emigrate outside the Gaza Strip.”
What happened in Gaza since the start of the offensive?
Since Sunday, the day Israel has confirmed the operation, at least 144 people have been killed in an incessant wave of strikes. At least 42 people died in the highly bombed northern part of the strip, according to medical sources. Five of the killed were journalists.
In the south of Gaza, at least 36 people were killed and more than 100 injured in Israeli air strikes on a camp of displaced Palestinians in the Al-Mawasi region of the Governor of Khan Younis, according to medical sources.
But the advance in the operation also included heavy attacks.
Last week, Israel attacked more than 670 places in Gaza and said that all were “targets of Hamas” above and under the ground. Israel has been accused of having disproportionately targeted civilians in Gaza, including inappropriate families. At least 370 Palestinians were killed over five days.
Since the start of the war in October 2023, at least 53,339 Palestinians have been killed and 121,034 injured, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.
The gravity of the recent The attacks have many Palestinians expressing fears on social networks that their last messages could be their last.
On Monday, the Israeli army issued forced evacuation orders for Khan Younis, the second largest city in Gaza, warning of an “unprecedented attack”.
What is the targeting of Israel?
Israel said that it was targeting the targets of Hamas, an assertion that was increasingly challenged by human rights groups and experts while her war of more than 19 months against Gaza continues.
Among the affected sites are the hospitals, a recurring target for the Israeli army in Gaza. Muhammad Zaqout, managing director of Gaza hospitals, described tactics as part of the “systematic measures of Israel against hospitals”.
On Sunday, the Indonesian hospital in the north of Gaza was made non -operational after being besieged by Israeli forces. Health professionals said it could lead to the death of thousands of sick and injured people.
The situation was described as “catastrophic” by Marwan Al-Sultan, director of the establishment, who also called on international organizations to put pressure for the safety of medical teams.
Al-Awda Hospital, in the north of Jabalia and European hospital in Gaza, southern Gaza, was also bombed.
In recent days, Israel has said that he had killed the head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Mohammad Sinwar, the brother and successor of the late Yahya Sinwar. He would also have killed another Sinwar brother, Zakaria Sinwar, university professor, and three of his children in an air strike on Central Gaza.
How did Hamas respond?
Hamas published a statement calling on the moved from Khan Younis on Sunday, Hamas has a “brutal crime” and a flagrant violation of international laws and norms.
The group also blamed the United States for supporting Israel.
“By granting the political and military coverage of the government of the terrorist occupation, the United States administration has a direct responsibility for this mad climbing in targeting innocent civilians in the Gaza Strip, including children, women and the elderly,” said Hamas.
What is the current humanitarian situation inside Gaza?
The whole band is at risk of famine.
Basic humanitarian supplies, including food, fuel, medical aid and children for children were prevented by Israel from entering the band. More than 90% of the population has been moved since the start of the war on October 7, 2023. Many Palestinians have been moved several times, some people being forced to move 10 times or more.
Israel has refused the entry of any help since March 2. International actors and agencies flock to Israel to resume the distribution of Gaza aid.
“Two months after the start of the blockade, two million people will die of hunger, while 116,000 tonnes of food are blocked on the border a few minutes,” said World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, when the annual health health assembly is opened.
One in five Palestinians in Gaza is currently facing famine, while 9,000 children, who are most vulnerable to the continuous food blocking of Israel, have been hospitalized for acute malnutrition since the start of the year, according to the United Nations.
Netanyahu announced on Sunday that certain foods would be allowed to enter the Gaza Strip in a suspended stay necessary for the local population.
“Israel will allow a quantity of basic food to the population in order to ensure that a hunger crisis does not develop in the Gaza Strip,” Netanyahu’s office said in a statement.
Netanyahu said on Monday that this decision was motivated by the pressure of the allies of Israel.
It is not known when the border will open to allow help.
What is the status of ceasefire talks?
The last series of talks started on Saturday, and at the end of Sunday, there had been little progress.
Discussions should continue this week.
Israel and Hamas both said that the talks had started without conditions.
“The Hamas delegation described the position of the group and the need to end the war, to exchange prisoners, the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, and to allow humanitarian aid and all the needs of the residents of Gaza in the band,” said Taher al-Nono, the media advisor for Hamas leadership, told The Reuters News Agency.
Israel’s criticism increases.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he was “alarmed” by the extended offensive from Israel to Gaza and called for an immediate cease-fire.
Germany, one of the main donors of Israel, expressed a deep concern in the face of the offensive.
His Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press release: “A large-scale military offensive also implies the risk that the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the population in Gaza and the situation of the remaining hostages continue to deteriorate and that the prospect of a long-term cease-fire required.”
After the offensive was confirmed, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noel Barrot, called for the resumption of the “immediate, massive and without hindrance” aid in Gaza.
Even before the growth of offensive international pressure on Israel.
Seven European nations urged Israel on Friday to “reverse its current policy” on Gaza.
The leaders of Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Slovenia, Spain and Norway have published a joint declaration on what they called an “artificial humanitarian disaster which takes place before our eyes to Gaza”.
Tom Fletcher, the UN humanitarian leader, called for a decisive action to prevent the genocide in Gaza.
He criticized the US joint plan to replace the international assistance mechanisms in Gaza as a “loss of time”. More than 160,000 aid pallets are “ready to move” on the border, he said, but are blocked by Israel.
Volker Turk, UN Human Rights Head, said on Friday that Israel’s bombing campaign was intended to provoke a “permanent demographic change in Gaza” and is “contempt for international law”.
