Israel will mobilize thousands of reserve soldiers to reinforce their campaign against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the army announced on Saturday night, since the country looked like Pomand its offensive in the Palestinian enclave.
The measure caused fear in Gaza, where Israel has banned food, medicine and another humanitarian aid to enter for more than two months. Tambulating more than a year of hunger and struggle, many are still displaced or living amid the rubble of what their homes were once.
Israel’s security cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, would meet Sunday to formally sign to expand the Gaza campaign, said an Israeli official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because not authorized.
Since Israel finished a two -month fire with Hamas in mid -March, Israeli forces have resumed the attack through the enclave. But while Israel’s airplanes and drones have regularly bombarded Gaza from the air, Israeli terrestrial forces decelerated their progress after taking some territory.
The call for reservists over the next few days could indicate that the Israeli government is the preparation to change tactics in an attempt to force Hamas to accept their terms to end the war. Previously in the war, the Israeli troops swept the enclave, leveling the stripes of the cities of Gaza and displacing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.
More than 50,000 people have been killed in Israel’s military campaign against Hamas in Gaza, according to Gaza’s health officials. They do not distinguish between combatants and civilians, but their headlines include thousands of children.
The war begged after Hamas led a surprise attack against Israel on October 7, 2023, which killed about 1,200 people and saw 250 tasks to Gaza as hostages. Following, Israeli leaders promised to destroy Hamas in Gaza and free all the captive contained there.
Despite more than a year of devastating war, Israel has not yet achieved any of those goals. Hamas has fought against a certain war of wear in the midst of the rubble left by Israeli air attacks, recruited the new combatants to their cause and it is believed that they still cling to 24 living hostages and the bodies of doses of others.
International mediators, including the Trump administration, have tried to negotiate a new fire between Israel and Hamas to release hostages in exchange for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel. But the two parties have stipulated apparently contradictory conditions for an agreement.
Israel has demanded that Hamas left his arms, what the group has refused to do. Hamas, on the other hand, has said that he will not release any of the hostages until Israel commits an agreement that includes a complete end of the war and a complete withdrawal of the Gaza Strip.
The mobilization announcement caused even deeper anxiety among the families of the hostages, which fear that the fight could kill their loved ones. They have tried to gather the Israelis to press the government to reach a new truce with Hamas.
Yotam Cohen, whose brother was kidnapped during the assault led by Hamas, accused Mr. Netyahu to break the high the previous fire before taking the country to a renewed and avoidable war with Hamas. He asked for immediate treatment with Hamas to free his brother, who is still believed to be alive.
“Instead of bringing him home in an agreement, Netanyahu is sending a war that will kill him,” Cohen said in a demonstration on Saturday.
Mr. Netanyahu has suggested that bringing home to the removal is less important than decisively defeating Hamas. In interviews and speeches, Mr. Netanyahu has promised the Israeli public “Absolute Victoria” over the group.
Liberating the captives was “an important goal,” said Mr. Netanyahu in one direction on Thursday. “But in the war there is a supreme objective, and that is defeating our enemies,” he added.
