Measures are aimed at reducing the pressure that they provide on Netanyahu within the country and from abroad due to more than 18 months of the war with the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas.
After the end of the two -month truce, Israel blocked the humanitarian assistance to the population of the enclave, exceeding more than 2 million people, and the Israeli troops now control about a third of the Gaza.
The militants supported by Iran occupied the coastal strip and still hold 59 hostages captured in October 2023. Of these, 24 people are considered alive, the article says.
Some members of the Government of Netanyahu, including the Minister of Finance of Bitsalel Smay, called for a military escalation of war with Hamas in order to destroy it, “even if the lives of hostages are threatened.” While most Israelis simply want the war to end, and hostages are exchanged for prisoners of Palestinian militants, Bloomberg writes, guided by the data of a recent survey of the State Israeli edition of Kan News.
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Since October 2023, Israel has been waging a war against Hamas in response to his attack on the territory of Israel, the murder of civilians and the abduction of more than 100 hostages, some of which were liberated or killed. During the ground operation, accompanied by massive bombing, about 40 thousand people died in the gas sector.
After long discussions of the ceasefire plan on January 15, 2025, Israel and Hamas entered into an agreement on the ceasefire.
On February 10, Hamas accused Israel of violating agreements on the ceasefire in the gas sector and said that he would not transfer hostages. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel would resume active fighting in the gas sector. Later the exchange was continued. However, after the refusal of Hamas, to continue the first stage of the ceasefire agreement, Israel announced the termination of the supply of humanitarian aid of gas.
On March 18, the Israeli defense army resumed strokes in the gas sector on the objects of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas. CNN wrote that, according to the Palestinian healthcare authorities, the number of those who died as a result of Israeli air strikes for the gas sector reached more than 400 people, 562 were injured.
On March 19, the IDF announced a new ground operation in the Gaza Strip.
