Israel’s security cabinet will meet on Tuesday to discuss the next steps in the almost two -year -old war with the Hamas Terror Group in the Gaza Strip, including the possibility of taking full control of the Palestinian enclave and to work militarily in areas they have abandoned from entering so far, the Local media reported.
Israeli journalist Amit SegalA commentator for Channel 12, the highest rated news broadcast in the country, quoted a source of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office as saying that the “decision was taken … We are going to occupy the Gaza Strip.”
“Hamas will not release hostages without total surrender, if we don’t work now, the hostages will die of hunger and Gaza will stay under the control of Hamas,” Segal quoted the civil servant.
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“Israel was at a crossroads for months and let’s be honest, it was not a victory or the hostages. The mandate for a deal was wide, but we did not get an agreement, so we will go for occupation,” he quoted.
The reports on the deepening of the military operation in Gaza come after months of mediated cessation -the fires between Israel and Hamas seemed to have collapsed this week and despite the guarantees of the American Midden -Oost -Envant Steve Witkoff, who visited Israel at the weekend that he worked on a plan that would become the war.
It is also after Hamas, the designated terror group whose October 7, 2023, massive attack in Israel caused war, the Israeli audience shocked propaganda videos of emaciated hostages, including someone who was forced to dig his own grave.
Moreover, the international pressure on Israel to terminate the war has been increased in recent weeks in the midst of accusations that it is aid policy, caused a famine in Gaza and after images of seriously malnourished children of whom some people later proved to be proven children with already existing medical disorders viral.
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Pressure in Israel to end the war and return about 50 hostages home, both death and alive, who stay in Gaza, has also grown, with the leadership of the country distributed over the best way to achieve this.
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Some ministers in the government of Netanyahu, such as Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich and Minister of National Security ITAMAR BEN-GVIR, have insisted on Israel to re-deliver Gaza and to rebuild Jewish settlements that were dismantled 20 years ago.
However, the Israeli army has argued against that plan and according to Media reportsIt is expected that it will present some alternatives during the cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
