Israel will carry out a clearing operation in the northern Gaza Strip within a few weeks. The publication reported this New York Times.
“Their Israeli counterparts tell them (American officials – socialbites.ca) to wait for a few more weeks of clearance operations in the north before Israel prepares a separate initiative in the south of Gaza and expands the offensive,” the report says.
Previously Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant statedThat Israeli troops “captured and cleared” the western part of Gaza City. According to the minister, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is moving to the next phase of the operation in the Gaza Strip. He also suggested that the Israeli army was getting closer to releasing hostages held in the Palestinian enclave as it moved deeper into the Gaza Strip. Galant noted that this would increase the chances of returning Israeli hostages.
Previously IDF fighters took operational control A port in the Gaza Strip used by the radical Palestinian movement Hamas for terrorist purposes.
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.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu promised to destroy It is Hamas.