The war in the Gaza Strip is a brutal and long -lasting armed conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas organization, which intensified especially After Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. Since then, Israeli forces have been conducting intensive military operation around the city of Gaza, which led to huge losses among civilians, the destruction of infrastructure and deepening the humanitarian crisis. This conflict has deep political, religious and historical roots.
Earlier information about the situation in the Gaza Strip is here.
Further victims of attacks on the Gaza Strip
The Israeli army has been intensifying gauze attacks for several weeks, explaining that these are preliminary actions before the proper offensive. At the beginning of August, the government approved a new campaign covering the occupation of Gaza, the largest city of Palestinian territory.
The spokesman for the defense forces of Israel, General Efi Defin, reported on Thursday evening that the army is already controlling 40 percent. cities, and in the next few hours you should expect further intensification of fights.
The new campaign caused international criticism. Aid organizations alert about the deepening of the humanitarian crisis, including hunger. The offensive is also criticized in Israel itself. The polls show that the majority of society is on agreement with Hamas, not a continuation of the fighting.
According to Reuters, on Thursday at least 53 people died in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, most of them in the city of Gaza.
Hamas ready for a “comprehensive agreement”
According to the media, the operation also led to tensions between some military commanders and politicians. The Israeli government declares that Gaza is the last bastion of Hamas and its acquisition is necessary to militarily overcome this terrorist organization. The KAN station stated that a representative of the army, however, told parliamentarians on Tuesday, that it was not certain whether the offensive would lead to the resignation of Hamas.
Hamas said on Wednesday evening that he is ready for a “comprehensive agreement” including the release of all hostages, the end of the war and the withdrawal of Israel from the Gaza Strip and the creation of the “independent, technocratic administration” of this territory.
The office of the Prime Minister Binjamin Netanyahu described this offer as “another excitement” and reported that the war would end only, if Hamas releases everyone kidnapped at once, lay down their weapons, give power over the gauze of a new government unrelated to this group, and the Palestinian territory will be demilitarized, although Israel will maintain a security control over it.
Palestinians run away from the Gaza Strip
Donald Trump appeals to Hamas
US President Donald Trump appealed to Hamas on Wednesday to release 20 hostages. “Tell Hamas to immediately return all 20 hostages (not 2.5 or 7), and the situation will change quickly. It will end!” Trump wrote on the Truth Social portal.
The Times of Israel portal points out that the US President most likely meant hostages who are probably still alive. Hamas is holding a total of 48 hostages, but among them are the bodies of at least 26 people whose death was confirmed by the Israeli armed forces.
Hamas agrees to create a special administration
Hamas said on Wednesday that he agreed to create an independent administration for Gaza Strip management. It would consist of technocrat, who would manage all matters of the Gaza Strip-informs Al-Jazira.
The readiness to conclude a comprehensive agreement on the suspension of weapons, which provides for the release of all Israeli prisoners and the opening of border crossings to enable the delivery of all necessary deliveries to the Gaza Strip, was also emphasized.
Israel is holding the civilian population
The British newspaper “The Guardian” published a report according to which only a quarter of people detained in Gaza is identified by the Israeli military intelligence as fighters. This means that the vast majority of Palestinians detained without charges or trial in prisons in which abuse occurs are civilians.
The report shows that among those undergoing long sentences in Israeli prisons are healthcare workers, teachers, state officials, media employees, writers, sick and disabled people and children.
Macron's visit to Israel is impossible
The head of Israel, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Gideon Saar said that the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron in his country is impossible as long as he “continued his efforts harmful to Israel.” Saar called France to reconsider the recognition of Palestine's statehood announced by Macron.
The Saar office announced that this position was handed over to Paris on Wednesday in a telephone conversation with the French Foreign Minister Jean-Nalel Barrot.
The head of Israeli diplomacy called on the French equivalent to re -consider the recognition of Palestine's statehood, emphasizing that this step “undermines the stability in the Middle Emergency River and harms the national interests of Israel.”
Saar assured Barrot that Israel is seeking good relations with France, but Paris “must respect Israel's position on his future and safety issues.”
The diplomat added that Macron's visit to Israel is impossible as long as he was “relentlessly continued initiatives and actions that harm Israel's interests” – it was written in a statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem.
At the end of July, Macron announced that his country would recognize Palestine's statehood during the autumn session of the UN General Assembly. The general debate is to start on September 23.
