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Israel outlines plans for Gaza Strip
January 4, 2024, 8:56 pm
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The war in Gaza is far from over. Israel's Defense Minister Galant has outlined the next steps. Accordingly, the focus of operations is on the South. After the end of the war, the civilian administration of the region would be replaced, but the military could intervene at any time.
Israel has released plans for the next phase of its war against the radical Islamist group Hamas. Defense Minister Jove Gallant said a more targeted operation would now take place in the north of the Gaza Strip. However, the Hamas leadership continues to be persecuted in the south. His statement continued that after the war, Israel would reserve operational freedom in the Gaza Strip. There will be no civilian Israeli presence. The Gaza Strip is no longer under Hamas control. Instead, the Palestinian Authority should take over as long as there is no threat to Israel. There was no initial statement from Hamas or the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.
Meanwhile, the military says a raid in Nur Shams, northwest of the West Bank, has ended after more than 40 hours. The army said that 11 people were arrested in the anti-terror operation. It was not disclosed exactly what they were charged with. So hundreds of suspects were interrogated. Israeli forces also confiscated weapons and destroyed explosives.
According to reports, Israeli forces also found a mine-damaged building on the ground floor of what is said to be a kindergarten run by the Palestinian relief organization UNRWA. The information could not be independently verified at first. According to the army, two soldiers were injured from the improvised explosive device.
Great destruction in the camp
According to Palestinian reports, several people were injured by Israeli forces during the interview. When asked, the Army said it was investigating the allegations. According to the media and eyewitnesses, the army wreaked havoc in the camp.
According to the health ministry in Ramallah, a 29-year-old man was killed in clashes during another military operation in the city of Tamun, north of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. According to military reports, an Israeli soldier was seriously wounded by an improvised explosive device during another attack in the north of the Palestinian territories.
Israel's military has continued to carry out attacks in the West Bank, and more frequently since the Gaza war began after the October 7 assassination of Hamas. The army announced the day before that it had arrested 2,570 suspects since then. 1,300 of them have ties to Hamas. Since then, 311 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank, according to the health ministry. Last year, according to the ministry, a total of 502 Palestinians died in Israeli military operations, clashes or their own attacks in the West Bank.
The war began on October 7 with a surprise attack by Hamas on Israel, which responded with an invasion of Gaza and airstrikes. The Israeli government expects the conflict to drag on for a long time.
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