Getty IMAGESThe Israeli defense minister has ordered the military “season to take over the area of more in Gaza” unless Hamas released all the remaining hostages.
Israel said on Friday that troops would continue their ground operation in Gaza “with increase intensively” until all the hostages “what life and death” would be returned.
It is still another escalation of the conflict, which has set fire to it again this week, as Israel has broken the ceasefire, since January to resume the bombing campaign. Hundreds of people were killed in subsequent violence.
“The more Hamas rejects it, the more land will lose to Israel,” Katz said.
In his statement, Katz said Israel has still agreed to a proposal made by US envoy Steve Whitkov, “to release all those kidnapped, both in life and dead, in advance and in two stages with a ceasefire between them.
“We will intensify the wars with air, sea and Earth’s blows and expand the Earth’s maneuver until the hostages are released and Hamas has lost,” Katz wrote.
The defense minister also said Israel would “implementate the US president’s voluntary transfer plan to Gaza.
Trump said he wanted the United States to take over and rebuild the Gaza Strip, while removing the population of two million Palestinians forever.
The Palestinian Authority and Hamas have said the tape is “not to sell” as the United Nations has warned that any forced displacement of civilians from the occupied territory is severely prohibited under international law and “the achievement of ethnic cleansing.
A ceasefire agreement was proposed in three stages in the US-led talks in the United States, Qatar and Egypt. Israel and Hamas could not agree on how to take the ceasefire from the first stage.
the ceasefire broke on Tuesday when the ceasefire was broken Israel launches heavy wave of air strikes The Ministry of Health, run by Hamas, has killed more than 430 people in the Gaza Strip within two days. Thursday, Hamas launches three missiles in Tel Aviv.
Israeli government spokesman David Menser blamed Hamas for the resumption of violence, saying the group had “versed all hostages.
The plan stopped when the United States and Israel proposed extending the first phase. Hamas rejected the change, saying Israel was “a stubborn” by Israel “to avoid the agreement.
Israel says Hamas still holds 59 hostages, 24 of whom are still alive.
EPAHamas has denied that it is responsible for stopping the negotiations, saying it is “deeply involved” and “including mediation is fully responsibility and serious.
In a statement on Telegram, Hamas wrote that “witch and other different ideas that are presented, all of which will end the war and get a withdrawal from Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip.
In his statement, Katz also said civilians would be evacuated in the areas where Israel targeted.
Previous orders have sent fears through Palestinian families, most of whom have been displaced several times due to the fighting and have few safety options.
The Israeli army launched a campaign to destroy Hamas in response to an unprecedented border crossing attack on October 7, 2023, killing nearly 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages.
More than 48,500 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since then, the health ministry said.