A sign of an even more imminent Earth invasion? Israel in any case carried out “targeted operations” with tanks in the northern Gaza Strip on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, the Israeli army said. “To prepare for the next phase of fighting, the IDF operated in northern Gaza.”
IDF tanks and infantry struck numerous terrorist cells and anti-tank missile positions,” she said, among others, on X (formerly Twitter). According to the IDF, its soldiers “have since left the area and returned to Israel.” On Telegram, the Israeli army clarified that the operation was led by the Guivati Brigade – an infantry brigade – and that its purpose was to “prepare the battlefield.”
Following the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel on October 7, signals of an Israeli army ground invasion of the Gaza Strip are growing stronger. This Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed preparations for a ground offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. “When, how, how much and what considerations we take into account, I cannot go into detail,” he added.
The IDF has already carried out several targeted ground incursions into the area, presumably also to prepare the area. First of all, Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip intensified last week. Benjamin Netanyahu made his intentions very clear after the Hamas attack: “Every member of Hamas is a dead man. »
Already ten days ago, Israel ordered the evacuation of civilians from the northern Gaza Strip, the area through which Israeli troops are expected to return. But weather conditions and numerous visits by foreign leaders to Israel – such as Emmanuel Macron’s on Tuesday – may have delayed the operation, which nonetheless appears imminent.
The French President considered that such an operation would be a “mistake” if it were “massive” as it would not respect the rights of the civilian population. In joint press statements, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi called on Israel to avoid a “ground invasion of the Gaza Strip” as it would result in “a large number of civilian casualties.”
This Wednesday, US President Joe Biden said that he is against a ceasefire until all hostages held by Hamas are released. Israel must do “everything possible to spare civilians,” he nevertheless said at the White House.
Source: Le Parisien
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