The Palestinians leave the city of Gaza after Israel said the offensive began

The Israeli military spokesman states that the troops will deepen the damage to the “terrorist infrastructures” managed by the Palestinian group Hamas.

A large number of Palestinians continues to escape the city of Gaza after the Israeli army began the early stages of a planned terrestrial offensive, local authorities.

Israeli troops have set up a base on the circles of the city – which houses more than one million Palestinians – after days of intense bombings and artillery shots.

Israel wants to report that he is taking his plan to capture the entire city of Gaza, despite international criticisms.

This brought the Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), António Guterres, to renew the appeals with a ceased immediate fire “to avoid death and destruction” that an attack “inevitably causes”.

A military spokesman said that the troops were already operating in the regions of Zeitoun and Jabalia to prepare the land for the offensive, that approval of the Minister of Defense Israel Katz Tuesday (19/08) and will be presented at the Security Office later this week.

About 60,000 reservists are summoned to the beginning of September to release active staff for the operation.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he “shortens the deadlines” to take those he described as “the latest strongholds of terrorism” in Gaza.

In a statement, Hamas accused the Israeli leader of continuing a “brutal war against innocent civilians in the city of Gaza” and criticized what he called “contempt” for a new proposal to cease fire from regional mediators. Israel did not formally respond to the proposal.

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians should receive orders to retire and go to shelters in the south of Gaza as preparations for the progress of the Israeli control plan.

Many of the allies of Israel condemned the plan with the president of France Emmanuel Macron, warning Wednesday (20/08) that “can only lead to the disaster for both people and risks immersing the entire region in a permanent war cycle”.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (Ciab) has declared, in turn, that new breakdown and an intensification of hostilities “risk aggravating an already catastrophic situation” for the 2.1 million inhabitants of Gaza.

The Israeli government has announced its intention of winning the entire trace of Gaza after indirect negotiations with Hamas on an agreement of ceased the fire and the release of hostages was not successful last month.

On Wednesday, on television pronunciation, the spokesperson for the defense forces of Israel (IDE), Effie Defie Brigadier General, said that Hamas was “devastated and injured” after 22 months of war.

“We will deepen the damage to Hamas in the city of Gaza, a government stronghold and military terror for the terrorist organization,” he added. “We will deepen the damage to terrorist infrastructures above and under the ground and cut dependence on the population on Hamas.”

But Defin said the ide “were not waiting” to start the operation.

“We have already started preliminary actions and, at this moment, the ID troops are checking the outskirts of the city of Gaza.”

According to him, two brigades were operating in the Zeitoun district, where in the last few days they locked an underground tunnel that contained weapons and a third brigade was operating in the Jabalia region.

To “minimize the damage to civilians,” said the civilian population of the city of Gaza would have been warned to retire for their safety.

A spokesman for the civil defense of Gaza, managed by Hamas, Mahmoud Bassal, said Tuesday to the AFP news agency that the situation was “very dangerous and unbearable” in the neighborhoods of Zeiten and Sabra of the city.

The agency reported that the Israeli attacks and blows had killed 25 people throughout the territory on Wednesday. Among these, three children and their parents, whose house in the Badr region, in the refugee camp of Shati, west of the city of Gaza, was bombarded.

Defin said that the Fdi were also doing everything possible to avoid damage to the 50 hostages still preserved by Hamas in Gaza, of which they are believed to be alive. Their families fear that those in the city of Gaza can be in danger due to an earthly offensive.

The Ciab warned of a catastrophic situation both for the Palestinian civilians and for the hostages if the military activities in Gaza intensify.

“After months of relentless and repeated speech hostility, the people of Gaza are completely exhausted. What they need is no longer pressure, but relief. No more fear, but the possibility of breathing. They should have access to the essential elements to live with dignity: food, medical and hygiene supplies, drinking water and safe refuge,” said the organization in a note.

“Any further intensification of military operations will deepen only the suffering, cancels more families and threaten an irreversible humanitarian crisis. Hosts’ life can also be put at risk,” he added.

The Ciag also asked for a ceased for immediate fire and the free and fast passage for the humanitarian assistance of Gaza.

At the same time, the United Nations Secretary General asked for the unconditional liberation of the hostages managed by Hamas.

Qatar and Egypt, who act as mediators, are trying to guarantee a ceased agreement and have presented a new proposal for a 60 -day respite and the release of about half of the hostages, which Hamas said he accepted on Monday (18/08).

Israel has not yet presented a formal response, but the Israeli authorities insisted on Tuesday that they would no longer accept a partial agreement and requested a global agreement that would entail the liberation of all the hostages.

On Wednesday, Hamas accused Netanyahu of ignoring the proposal to cease the fire of mediators and declared that he was the “real obstacle to any agreement”, according to a declaration cited by the Reuters news agency.

The Israeli Armed Forces launched a military campaign in Gaza in response to Hamas led the attack south of Israel on October 7, 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and another 251 were taken hostage.

At least 62,122 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the Ministry of Health of the Territory. The Ministry’s data are mentioned by the United Nations and other organizations such as the most reliable source of statistics available on victims.

Source: Terra

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