Location at an overview: Israel increases with new Gaza offensive pressure on Hamas

With a new soil offensive in the Gaza Strip, Israel increases the pressure on Islamist Hamas. The “extensive attacks” against Hamas members and infrastructure of the terrorist organization would continue throughout the coastal area, the army said in the evening. In Jerusalem, thousands protested against the rebuild of the Gaza war until night. The renewed Israeli military operation will also be an issue at the EU summit in Brussels today.

According to Palestinian information, there were many deaths in the Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip. An air raid in the north of the sealed coastal area killed at least 24 people on Wednesday evening, it was said from medical circles in Gaza. When asked, the Israeli army announced that an aircraft had hit about ten Hamas terrorists.

Since the night of Tuesday night, Israel’s army has been attacking Hamas and the Islamic Islamic Islamic Islamic Islamic Islamic Islamic Islamic Islamic Islamic Islamic Islamic Army. The ceasefire that has been in force since January 19. Both sides have the fault of each other: Israel accuses the Hamas of repeatedly refusing the release of hostages. The Palestinian organization, in turn, accuses Israel of the government of having terminated the ceasefire unilaterally.

Minister threatens to “complete devastation” Gazas

Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz called for the release of the remaining hostages and the expulsion of Hamas from the Gaza Strip. “The alternative is complete devastation.” According to Israeli information, 24 living hostages are recorded in the Gaza Strip, plus the corpses of 35 deported.

According to the health authority controlled by the Hamas, at least 436 people have been killed since the Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip have been resumed, including 183 minors. The information does not distinguish between civilians and fighters and cannot be verified independently.

Israel wants to create buffer zone in the Gaza Strip

With its recent “targeted ground attacks”, the Israeli army claims to create a limited buffer zone between the north and the south of the Gaza Strip. As part of the offensive, the troops would also have expanded their control in the so-called Netzarim corridor, which divides the coastal strip into a northern and a southern half. Israeli soldiers have moved up to the middle of the strategically significant zone.

Hamas spoke of a “serious violation of the ceasefire agreement”. In February, Israel’s army retired from the corridor as part of the agreement – with the exception of a one kilometer wide area directly on the border with Israel.

The United States, Qatar and Egypt had negotiated a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which had been for six weeks since January and initially for six weeks. So far, the two sides have not been able to agree on the conditions for an extension. Israel had threatened to resume the war if Hamas did not release any other hostages.

France condemns Israeli attacks

Criticism of the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip came from France. After a phone call with the Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, French President Emmanuel Macron wrote on the platform X: “As far as the Middle East is concerned, we condemn the resumption of the Israeli attacks on the Gaza strip. A return to the arms arrest is essential for the release of all hostages and the protection of the civilian population.”

Macron continued to write a conference with Saudi Arabia together with Saudi Arabia, Macron continued. She had to help that there is an acceptable political solution that is acceptable for Israelis and Palestinians.

UN employees killed in Gaza

According to the United Nations, at least one of her employees was killed in an attack on an UN facility in Gaza on Wednesday. Other people were injured, some of them seriously. “That cannot be an accident,” said the executive director of the Office for Project Services (UNOPS), Jorge Moreira da Silva. Palestinian reports blamed Israel. Israel rejected the allegations.

Ridings in protests in Jerusalem

In Jerusalem, tens of thousands protested against the new beginning of the Gaza War until night and the planned dismissal of the boss of the domestic secret service. Several media reported clashes between the police and demonstrators and at least twelve arrests. Netanyahu reports that the government will have the decision to relieve Schin-Bet boss Ronen Bar this evening.

In an investigation by the domestic intelligence service about the mistakes that the Hamas massacre made possible on October 7, 2023, Netanyahu did not get away well. Critics in Israel fear that he wants to replace cash with a successor to him.

The Gaza War triggered the attack by Hamas and other extremist groups on Israel on October 7, 2023, in which around 1,200 people were killed and more than 250 Israelis were dragged into the Gaza strip. Since then, according to the health authority, around 49,000 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip. The information cannot be checked independently. So far, Israel has spoken of around 20,000 terrorists killed.