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Palestinian resistance group Hamas has condemned the Israeli Security Cabinet’s decision to occupy Gaza City as a “war crime and an act of ethnic cleansing” against Palestinians in the besieged enclave.
Germany will halt the export of military equipment and weapons to Israel that could be used in the Gaza Strip, Chancellor Friedrich Merz stated Friday, sparking an angry response from Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has criticized Israel’s plan to take control of Gaza City. Meanwhlie his spokesperson has stressed that the decision marks “a dangerous escalation” that will result in forced displacement of Palestinia…
The military leadership has said it prefers a new cease-fire instead of renewed fighting, and the military’s chief of staff previously raised concerns about troop exhaustion.
The announcement appeared to stop short of saying Israel would take full control of the Gaza Strip, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said was his intention.
The move followed weeks of debate over reports of hunger in Gaza, but it was precipitated by Israel’s decision to expand military operations there.
International allies and families of hostages condemned Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to take control of Gaza City, with the British prime minister calling it “wrong.”
An increasing number of Palestinians are dying from hunger-related causes. Others are weak from months of extreme deprivation and vulnerable to illnesses in a territory short on crucial medical supplies, fuel and clean water, aid workers say.
The decision to expand operations in the enclave went against the recommendations of the military.
Time and again, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has pledged to defeat Hamas by force. The decision to capture Gaza City repeats a strategy that has failed in the past.