The Israeli military stationed on the border with the Gaza Strip, they will soon be in her territory. Defense Minister Yoav Galant addressed the servicemen with such farewell words.
“Now you see Gaza from afar, soon you will see it from the inside,” Gallant said, making it clear that the order to begin a ground operation could soon be givenreports The Times of Israel.
The Israeli army was given the green light to enter Gaza as soon as the army was ready. This was announced by the Israeli Minister of Economy and Industry Nir Barkat, a member of the country’s National Security Council, to ABC.
“The army was given the green light. The Israeli government made a decision and gave the army the green light to destroy Hamas,” he said.
The minister declined to go into details about military plans.
“We will make every effort to return our hostages, to return them alive,” he said, adding that Israel’s “first and last priority” was to destroy Hamas. The militants’ underground bunkers would become “the world’s biggest cemetery “, he said.
Earlier, IDF spokesman Lt. Col. Richard Hecht said that the Israel Defense Forces have not yet made a final decision on whether to conduct a ground military operation in the Gaza Strip. He emphasized that Israel is capable of withstanding a war on two fronts.
Hamas reported 3,785 casualties in the Gaza Strip
There are no medicines in hospitals
At least 3,785 Palestinians have been killed and 12,493 wounded in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip since October 7, the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said. The data was cited by Reuters, which could not independently confirm it.
Of the total number of dead, 1,524 were children and 1,000 were women, ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qudra told a press conference.
We remind you that the only border point on the Gaza Strip that does not lead to Israel is the Rafah point, which is on the border with Egypt. This point however, it remains closedalthough since Monday there is talk of its opening. US President Joe Biden during his short visit in Israel said it had made an agreement with the Israeli authorities delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Stripbut for now the Israeli position that the blockade will remain, until all hostages are released of “Hamas”, which according to the latest data are 203, remains.
Biden: Aid enters Gaza on Friday
An agreement was reached with Egypt
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