British expert Robert Clarke of London-based think tank Civitas said the Israel Defense Forces had postponed the ground operation in the Gaza Strip as it continued to train mobilized reserve forces and tried to give Gazans as much time as possible to escape. unobstructed in the south of the residential area. He said this in a meeting with him. Weather.
Another reason cited by Clark was the need to allow the United States to bring additional air defense systems to the region.
“So once these three objectives are achieved, we will see a limited but still ground operation in Gaza,” he said.
On October 7, Hamas launched thousands of rockets into Israel and announced the start of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. Thousands of militants invaded Israeli territory, seizing dozens of military equipment and more than a hundred hostages. Against this background, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu announced that the country was at war.
The Israel Defense Forces intervention operation was called “Iron Swords” and one of its goals was the destruction of Hamas. Israeli air forces launched strikes against hundreds of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, and Israel’s National Security Council decided to cut off water, food, supplies, electricity and fuel supplies to the strip. On October 13, Israel notified the UN that 1.1 million Palestinians would be evacuated to southern Gaza, 24 hours before the ground operation in Gaza.
Previously It was learned that Netanyahu refused to sign the order to occupy Gaza.