At the beginning of the third month of the war between Israel and Hamas, the main cities of the Gaza Strip They are the scene of violent urban combats. Large areas of the besieged territory have been reduced to rubble by Israel’s shelling and ground offensive, which, according to the Hamas-controlled Health Ministry, has left more than 16,200 dead.
Israel has tightened its siege on major urban centers in its hunt for the Islamist movement after the attack that, according to the country’s authorities, left 1,200 dead and 240 hostagesof which 138 are still in Loop.
Israeli troops, supported by planes, tanks and armored bulldozers, are fighting Hamas militants in southern Gaza’s main city of Khan Younis, as well as in Gaza City and the Jabaliya district in the north.
International concern grows over war in Gaza
The massive number of civilian casualties has caused international concernaccentuated by the siege imposed by Israel on the territory where only a limited amount of food, water, fuel and medicine enters.
The Secretary General of the UN, Antonio Guterres, warned of a “imminent total collapse of public order due to desperate conditions” in Gaza. He also invoked an exceptional UN procedure to demand a ceasefire, which provoked the fury of Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen.
However, Israel did not take these statements well and accused Guterres of being a “danger to world peace” and to provide “support to the terrorist organization Hamas.” “We also want this war to end” but “in a way that guarantees that Hamas will never be able to attack our people again,” said Israeli government spokesman Eylon Levy.
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The truth is that the war caused hostilities with other armed groups backed by Iran, such as the Lebanese Hezbollah or the Yemeni Houthis, in addition to an upsurge in violence in the West Bank. In this occupied Palestinian territory, more than 250 people have been killed by attacks by the Israeli army or settlers since the start of the conflict, according to the Palestinian Authority.
In this sense, the two months of fighting have been devastating for Gazans, already subjected to years of blockade and poverty before the war.
Search for Hamas leader in Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assures that his troops arrived at the house in Khan Younis of the Hamas leader inside Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, and assured that “it was only a matter of time” to find him.
Israeli aircraft were also bombing Rafah, a city at the southern end of the Strip bordering Egypt that has become an immense camp for many of the 1.9 million displaced Gazans. The Ministry of Health reported at least 37 dead and many more injured.
Source: Ambito
