Israel’s Minister of Defense threatens with new “Gaza War”

The Israeli Minister of Defense Israel Katz has once again threatened Islamist Hamas with a resumption of the Gaza War because of the suspension of the hostages.

“If Hamas does not expose the Israeli hostages until Saturday, the gates of hell will be opened to them, just as the President of the United States promised,” he emphasized in a message from his ministry. Katz did not say whether Hamas should all Israeli hostages or only three release, as is intended in the agreements by Saturday.

“In its intensity, the new Gaza war will differ from the previous ceasefire-and it will not end without defeating Hamas and all hostages are released,” added the minister. That would be a disaster for the approximately two million Gaza residents.

Meanwhile, representatives of Hamas had discussions with the intermediaries in the conflict in the Egyptian capital Cairo. It is also about the possibility to weaken the decision to suspend the hostage clearance and to hand over Israelis on Saturday.

Hamas had justified the stop of the hostage of the hostages with violations of Israel against the agreements. Auxiliary deliveries such as residential containers and tents as well as heavy construction machinery to clear rubble would not be delivered to a sufficient extent. In addition, 92 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire during the ceasefire.

The Israeli authority Cogat responsible for Palestinian affairs rejected the allegations of the aid deliveries on request. During the ceasefire, around 15,000 trucks with humanitarian aid drove in the Gaza Strip. They would have transported food, drinking water, fuel, medication, medical equipment, tents, accommodations and heavy clearing units.