The Israeli security firm approved an extension of military operations aimed at the “conquest” of the Gaza Band, said on Monday, May 5, an official source of the France Press Agency (AFP) after the mobilization of tens of thousands of reserves for this offensive.
The decision occurs as the United Nations continues to alert about humanitarian disaster and the risk of famine to which the 2.4 million Palestinians in this territory subject to a total blockade of Israel have been exposed since March 2.
But the cabinet believes that there is “enough food” in the Gaza Strip and has consented to the “possibility of a humanitarian distribution” if it were “necessary,” said the official source. The plan, approved at night, establishes that Israel maintains its control of the Gaza Strip and supports a project that organizes the “voluntary exit” of its inhabitants, according to the same source.
On Sunday night, the Israeli army had confirmed the withdrawal of “tens of thousands of reservists.” Several Israeli media believe, however, that the campaign should only begin after the visit of Middle East to the US President, Donald Trump, expected in the region in mid -May.
The family forum punishes the plan
The objective shown by the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, one of the most of the right in the history of Israel, is still “overcome” the Islamist movement of Hamas, which caused the war with its unprecedented attack on October 7, 2023.
The plan approved by the security firm, which brings together a limited number of ministers, provides “the conquest of the Gaza strip and the control of the territories,” according to the official source.
“Unlike the wishes of more than 70% of the population,” the government has decided to put “all hostages in danger of death,” said the family forum, the largest hostage hostage association in Israel, denouncing a plan that “also threatens the life of our soldiers.” The fight in Gaza resulted in more than 850 Israeli soldiers.
During the cabinet meeting, Benjamin Netanyahu said he wanted to “promote the Trump plan directed at the beginning of the inhabitants of Gaza,” according to the official source. In early February, Donald Trump, launched the idea of a Gaza strips control around the United States To rebuild it and do it “Riviera du Middle East”.
For this, its inhabitants could, according to him, be transferred to Egypt and Jordan, two neighboring countries that categorically rejected this option. This project had caused an international protest, but the Israeli authorities refer to it regularly and created a special agency to allow the Palestinians to leave the Gaza Strip.
A project that “contravene the fundamental humanitarian principles”
International help organizations, as well as the Palestinians of Gaza, have been testifying for months to a dramatic humanitarian situation, particularly due to the shortage of basic needs. The World Food Program (PAM), one of the main food suppliers in the Gaza Strip, announced on April 25 that “exhausted all its stocks.”
Israel accuses Hamas of diverting humanitarian aid and justifying his blockade of Gaza’s strip for the need to put pressure on movement to release hostages. “Israeli officials have tried to close the existing aid distribution system administered by the United Nations and its humanitarian partners and make us accept to deliver supplies through Israeli platforms in conditions set by the Israeli army, once the government has agreed to reopen the crossing points,” said the UN humanitarian affections office (OCHA) (OCHA) (OCHA) (OCHA) (OCHA)
“The plan that presented us means that vast areas of Gaza […] It will remain deprived of the offer, “he said, rejecting a project that” contravenes the fundamental humanitarian principles. “
Hamas accused Israel on Monday of “blackmail” with humanitarian aid. For movement, Israel is “totally responsible for worsening humanitarian disaster.” The Israeli army resumed its bombings and its offensive in the Gaza Strip on March 18, ending two months of truce that allowed Gaza to be left 33 Israeli hostages, including eight dead, in exchange for the release of about 1,800 Palestinians owned by Israel.
The October 7 attack led to the death of 1,218 people on the Israeli side, for most civilians, according to an AFP count based on official data. The Israeli retaliation campaign left at least 52,535 dead in the Gaza Strip, mostly civilians, according to data from the Hamas Ministry of Health, considered reliable by the UN. Of the 251 people kidnapped on October 7, 2023, 58 are still held in Gaza, 34 of which were declared dead by the Israeli army. Hamas also retains the body of an Israeli soldier killed in a previous war in Gaza in 2014.
Source: BFM TV
