The Israeli army said on Tuesday, September 9 that it was going to operate with “greater power” in the city of Gaza, which has summoned the inhabitants to leave. Almost two years after the beginning of the war, caused by an unprecedented attack against the Palestinian Islamist movement against Israel on October 7, 2023, the Israeli army has intensified its military operations in the city of Gaza, the largest in the territory.
Saying that he controls 40% of this city in the north of the besieged territory, he wants to take it to overcome Hamas and free the hostages captured on October 7. “To all the inhabitants of the city of Gaza (…) the Defense Army is determined to defeat Hamas and will act in the area of the city of Gaza with greater power”, Colonel Avichay Adraee, spokespersons of the network of the network of the network of the network of the network of the network grid.
“Evacuate immediately by the Al-Rachid axis,” he added while the Israeli army has already published numerous evacuation orders for Gazauis in recent days.
The UN warns against a “disaster”
The Israeli army destroyed a new housing tower on Monday, the fourth in three days, in Gaza -ville. “This is just the beginning of the intensification of land operations in the city of Gaza. I tell the inhabitants: they warned you, start now!” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday. The UN, which estimates approximately one million people the population of the city of Gaza and its surroundings, has warned against a “disaster.”
“All this is just a prelude, only the opening of the main operation that intensifies: the land maneuver, which are organized and are currently gathering to enter the city of Gaza,” added Benjamin Netanyahu. Hamas said that the threat of Benjamin Netanyahu was equivalent to “an explicit act of forced displacement” of the inhabitants of the city of Gaza.
“This takes place under the weight of bombings, massacres, threats of hunger and death, which constitutes a shameless and unprecedented challenge to international laws and conventions,” Hamas said in a statement. Gaza’s civil defense said Israeli air attacks had continued during the night, especially in Gaza City.
The war was caused by the unprecedented Hamas attack against Israel on October 7, 2023. This led to the death of 1,219 people on the Israeli side, mostly civilians, according to an AFP count based on official data. According to the army, 47 captives remain held in Gaza, including 25 alleged dead, of a total of 251 people kidnapped during the attack.
The Israeli retaliation offensive left at least 64,522 dead in Gaza, according to the Hamas Ministry of Health in Gaza, whose figures are considered reliable by the UN. She caused a dramatic humanitarian situation in the territory.
Source: BFM TV
