Israel is also expanding its military operations to the south of Gaza while yesterday evening the first 17 thousand liters of diesel entered the Strip after weeks of pressure from the international community, led by the United States, for fuel supplies to the collapsing enclave.
The operation conducted «on land, in the sky and from the sea» will continue wherever the militiamen are located and «since Hamas is also located in the south of the Strip, it will extend there. This will happen in the time, place and conditions that we consider most favorable. But it will happen ,” warned Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari.
A new phase of the conflict therefore opens, supported by the leaflets launched by the army to urge the population of some villages in the southern part of the Palestinian enclave to move elsewhere.
According to what was established by the Israeli war cabinet, every day two tankers of diesel will enter from the Rafah crossing intended for the needs of the UN , in particular for relief, to support the water network and to restore the telephone network throughout the entire territory. Among other things, Hamas blamed the deaths of 24 people in two days at Shifa hospital on the lack of energy.
In Gaza, according to the local Ministry of Health, the deaths have reached more than 12,000, including 5,000 minors . "The human toll of the siege - the UN attacked - is indescribable". «As terrible as the situation in Gaza is - warned the head of United Nations humanitarian affairs Martin Griffiths on behalf of Secretary General Guterres - it could get much worse. I seriously fear that if we do not act now, the conflict could spread further to other parts of the occupied Palestinian territories."
The battle in Gaza is in fact increasingly inflaming the West Bank , where Hamas has declared it wants to export the war while Israel continues with its blitzes. Even on the border with Lebanon, tension is increasingly high , with launches by Hezbollah and Israeli fire in return.
