Israel’s Permanent Representative to the UN Gilad Erdan said that the current phase of the military operation in the Gaza Strip could last several weeks. CNN.
He said it was “a matter of weeks” for the current phase of the operation to be completed. The permanent representative did not disclose details of what the next stage might be.
November 14 Palestinian radical organization Hamas statedwho controls the situation in the Gaza Strip.
On the same day, as a result of the operation in the Gaza Strip, the IDF announced that Israel was able to take control Government buildings under Hamas control.
The situation in the Middle East escalated after thousands of Hamas militants infiltrated Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7, when Hamas announced the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcedthat the country is at war.
The aim of Israel’s response to Operation Iron Sword was to repel the attack, release more than 200 hostages, including foreigners, and destroy Hamas. In order to achieve this goal, Israel launched major rocket attacks on the Gaza Strip from the first day of the operation. At the same time, the Israeli National Security Council decided to stop the supply of water, food, goods, electricity and fuel to the sector. Humanitarian aid shipments to Gaza began to be sent through the Rafah checkpoint only after October 20, and it was stated that their volume was insufficient.
27 October Israel announced About the “expansion” of the ground operation in Gaza. It is not known exactly when the operation started, but before the operation, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled their homes and moved to shelters and the south of the region.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu promised to destroy It was Hamas.