Israel announced this Saturday, May 17, expanding its offensive to defeat Hamas in the Gaza Strip, despite the growing international calls to a high fire after 19 months of devastating war.
At the same time, the Palestinian Hamas said that a new cycle of indirect negotiations with Israel aimed at ending the war had begun in Doha “without any prerequisite.” Did not provide other details
After the end of a tour in the Gulf of US President Donald Trump, the Israeli army announced that he had “launched size strikes and sent strength to take control of the areas” of the Palestinian territory.
The “expansion of the operation is to achieve all the objectives of the war, including the launch of the hostages and the defeat of Hamas,” he said, referring to Israeli hostages kidnapped during the October 7 attack.
On Saturday, Civil Defense in Gaza reported 32 dead in Israeli bombing.
A “unbearable” humanitarian situation
After blocking the negotiations to extend a truce that lasted two months, Israel resumed its bombings in Gaza on March 18. In addition, since March 2, he has been blocking the entry of any vital humanitarian aid for the population of the territory.
“In Gaza, the situation of the Palestinians is indescribable, rather than hosts and more than inhuman,” punished the chief of the United Nations Antonio Guterres, regardless of the Arab Summit in Baghdad.
A final statement of the Arab Summit has requested an increase in international pressures to stop “bloodshed” in Gaza.
We must “intensify our pressure on Israel to stop the massacre in Gaza,” said Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
“It’s enough,” the Head of Italian diplomacy, Antonio Tajani, launched while Berlin expressed his “deep concern.”
The president of the European Council, Antonio Costa, said “shocked” on Saturday by the situation in Gaza. “Surprised by the news in Gaza: hungry civilians, hospitals again beaten by strikes. Violence must stop!” He said on social network X.
The UN High Commissioner of Human Rights, Volker Türk, warned Friday against “ethnic cleaning” in Gaza. The independent researchers of the UN and the NGOs, including International Amnesty and Human Rights, accused Israel of perpetrating a genocide in Gaza, which this country rejects.
This Tuesday, Emmanuel Macron had talked about “shame” to qualify the action of the Israeli government in Gaza.
The October 7 attack led to the death of 1,218 people on the Israeli side, mostly civilians, according to an AFP count based on official data. Of the 251 kidnapped people, 57 remain retained in Gaza, 34 of which were declared dead by the Army. Israeli reprisals killed at least 53,272 Gazaouis, mostly civilians, according to the latest data from the Hamas Ministry of Health, considered reliable by the UN.
Source: BFM TV
