Plans for Gaza War: Israel approves Gaza intake-convened 60,000 reservists

Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz approved the convening of around 60,000 other reservists for taking the city of Gaza. In addition, the reserve service should be extended by around 20,000 other soldiers, his office said.

Israel also approved a highly controversial settlement project in the occupied West Bank, with which the area would actually be divided into a northern and a southern part. This would make a coherent territory more difficult for a future Palestinian state – if not impossible.

A military representative explained that soldiers should be involved in taking the city of Gaza in particular in active military service. Israeli troops are already present in suburbs of the city of Gaza. He called the Al-Saitun and Jabalija district. According to the new convening, up to 130,000 reservists in the Gaza Strip should be in use in total.

Civilian population in Gaza should flee from offensive

It is feared that the offensive will worsen the already catastrophic situation of the civilian population in the sealed -off Gaza Strip, where a total of around two million Palestinians live.

According to the Israeli military plan, the civilians in the city of Gaza – according to estimates around one million people – are to go further in tent quarters in the south of the coastal strip. A representative of the military said that their care with medical help and food should be guaranteed there. Repeated allegations of international aid organizations, Israel systematically blocks the care of the civilian population, the military rejects the military.

Large Hamas attack on Israeli military posts in Gaza

In a dramatic incident in the south of the Gaza Strip, more than 15 heavily armed Palestinians attacked a position of the army according to Israeli military. A military representative said they had shot the Israeli soldiers in the area of the city of Chan Junis and used tank defense missiles. Some have entered the post. The troops had returned the fire and, in cooperation with the Air Force, killed ten of the attackers who came from several tunnel shafts.

Israeli media reported that they assumed that they intended to kidnap soldiers. Three soldiers were injured, one of which was difficult, said the army.

The military Hamas arm claimed the attack for itself. “The casham brigades confirm that such operations will last until the crew ends and our people gains freedom,” said the Islamist terrorist organization.

Answer Israel still open to ceasefire proposal

The approval of the city of Gaza was given, although on Monday, according to international intermediaries, Hamas had presented a “positive answer” for a new proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. An official reaction of Israel is expected until the end of the week. According to media reports, the security cabinet should come together on Thursday.

According to the reports, the latest proposal for a ceasefire is an updated version of the previously negotiated proposal of the US specialist Steve Witkoff. This provides for a 60-day break, while the ten living hostages are released in return for Palestinian prisoners. In total there are still 50 hostages in Gaza, of which at least 20 are still alive.

It was speculated that the security cabinet’s decision to expand the war could be a negotiation tactic in order to put Hamas under pressure, to return to the negotiating table and to show itself more flexibly.

Use in Gaza also against Hamas tunnel system

The city of Gaza is still the most important stronghold of the Islamist terrorist organization Hamas, said the Israeli military representative. The organization continues to have “operational skills” and is able to go to a “guerrilla war”. The aim of the operation is also to destroy your underground tunnel system.

Israeli committee approves controversial settlement project

Meanwhile, an Israeli planning committee approved construction plans for settlements in a particularly sensitive area in West Bank. This was announced by the Israeli organization Peace Now, which was represented with a representative on site. The Israeli settler council welcomed the decision.

It is about the construction of around 3,400 residential units in the so-called E1 area between East Jerusalem and the Maale Adumim settlement. The area is particularly delicate because of the geographical location, because a development would actually divide the West Bank into a northern and a southern part.

Clear criticism from Germany

Federal Foreign Minister Johann WadePhul criticized the decision. “If they were carried out, such projects would be contrary to international law and would make a two-state solution impossible,” said the CDU politician on the sidelines of a visit to the Indonesian capital Jakarta to journalists.

The two -state solution means an independent Palestinian state that occurs peacefully side by side with Israel. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects a two -state solution – just like the Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Dispute over recognition of a Palestinian state

Israel’s right -wing extremist Finance Minister Bezhalel Smotrich had announced corresponding settlement plans almost a week ago. This step “finally buried the idea of a Palestinian state,” he said on site.

Several states, including France, Canada and Australia, want to recognize a Palestinian state in the coming month. The federal government, in turn, is on the point of view that recognition should be the end of a negotiation process between Israel and the Palestinians.

Israel rejects recognition as a “reward for Hamas” after the massacre on October 7, 2023. Around 1,200 people were killed in the terrorist attack in the south of Israel and more than 250 more were dragged into the Gaza strip.

Since then, more than 62,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza War since the Hamas controlled health authority. Almost all residents of the coastal strip have become inlands since the beginning of the war almost two years ago.