Officials said on Monday that Israel agreed to a new plan to intensify its military attack against Hamas – including the seizure of the entire Gaza and its territory.
The Security Prime Minister approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the new war plans in the early morning vote a few hours later, the Israeli army chief said that the army was calling tens of thousands of reserve soldiers in an attempt to defeat the terrorist group.
The plan will be gradual and take months, and include strong strikes against Hamas goals.
For weeks, Israel is trying to increase pressure on Hamas after the collapse of the ceasefire talks in mid -March.
The details of the plans came at a time when the Chief of Staff of Israel told Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir the forces earlier on Sunday that the Jewish state intensified its operations in the Palestinian pocket, according to the public broadcaster of Israel.
“This week, we export tens of thousands of calling orders to our precautionary soldiers in order to intensify and expand our work in Gaza,” Zamir said.
“We increase the pressure in order to restore our people and defeat Hamas. We will work in additional areas and destroy all the infrastructure above the ground and below.”
Security Minister Zif Elcin said that the new offensive plan can leave the door open to the ceasefire and the hostage of the hostages before President Trump's visit to the area next week.
“There is still a window of opportunities until President Trump concludes his visit to the Middle East, if Hamas understands that we are serious,” Elkin said to the director.
In control of nearly a third of the Gaza lands, Israel resumed the ground operations in March after the collapse of the US -backed ceasefire, which stopped the fighting for two months.
Israel has since imposed a total siege of aid in the region.
Alcin said that instead of launching raids in specific areas and then leaving them, the Israeli forces will now hold the lands in which they succeed – until Hamas is defeated or agreed to disarm and leave Gaza.
With wires after
