In the center of the protest, which was carried out in the known Plaza de los Haranesvoices such as Lishay Look Laviwife of one of the kidnapped, who warned that the decision to continue with the offensive could mean a “death sentence” for their loved ones.
According to data from Host and Missing Families Forumwhich brings together the majority of the relatives of those captured in the attacks of October 7, 2023, more than 100,000 people participated in the weekly march. The crowd waved Israeli and yellow flags, a symbol of the struggle for the liberation of the captives.
He also spoke Nira Sharabiwidow of a hostage that died in an Israeli air attack in Gaza, who said that the intensity of the conflict was the cause of her husband’s loss. “No woman should go through what I lived,” he said before those present.
Meanwhile, the Israeli security cabinet approved a plan to expand the offensive in Gaza with the aim of taking total control of the city, where around one million Palestinians live, including many displaced. The measure faces strong rejection by the families of the hostages and also generates concern in the armed forces of Israel, who fear that the escalation of the fighting endangers the lives of the captives and cause the lowest among the soldiers, who have been in conflict for almost two years.
The Israeli government approved Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to take Gaza
The Israel government approved on Friday the operation planned by the country’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and its security dome, to assume control of the city of Gaza, as part of a plan of “five principles to end the war” and that include the assumption of “security control” of the entire enclave and the expulsion of Hamas of all the governing bodies of the Palestinian territory, as well as the disarma Militias
Netanyahu’s “five conditions” to end the conflict contemplate The disarmament of the militias of Hamas, the demilitarization of the Gaza Strip, the security control of the enclave and the “establishment of an alternative civil administration that is neither Hamas nor the Palestinian authority”, with a view to the “return of all hostages, living and dead.”
Finally, this morning, “the security cabinet He has approved Prime Minister’s proposal to defeat (the Islamic Resistance Movement) Hamas (Y) The Israel Defense Forces (FDI) will prepare to take control of the city of Gaza, “said Netanyahu’s office in a statement in which he states that, simultaneously,” they will distribute humanitarian aid to the civilian population outside the combat areas. “
According to Netanyahu’s office, the decision had “majority of votes” of the cabinet. In this regard, he said that the majority of the members of this organ “believed that the alternative plan presented to the security cabinet would not achieve the defeat of Hamas or the return of the hostages.”
Hamas will not recognize any authority promoted by Israel
Hours before the official announcement, when Netanyahu explained the master lines of his proposal, Hamas reacted fulminantly to the prime minister by stating that he represents a “flagrant blow” to the negotiation process and warning that he would treat this new authority raised by Netanyahu as “a force ‘of occupation’ linked to Israel.”
“Netanyahu’s plans to expand the aggression confirm without a doubt that it seeks to get rid of their captives and sacrifice them”says the statement. “We emphasize that the Gaza Strip will continue to be impregnable and that any attempt to expand aggression against the Palestinian people will require a high and expensive price to occupation,” they complete.
Source: Ambito
