The Israeli army announced the “first stages of the Operation ‘Gideon’s Cit.’ And the expansion of the offensive in the Gaza Strip” at night. The aim is to “achieve all war goals, including the liberation of hostages and victory over Hamas”. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had announced at the beginning of the week that the army will advance “with full strength” in the Gaza Strip in the coming days, “to complete the operation”. This means the “destruction” and “destruction” of Hamas.
The offensive was expanded shortly after the end of the trip of US President Donald Trump by the Gulf States Saudi Arabia, Qatar and United Arab Emirates.
The civil protection authority in the Gaza Strip controlled by Hamas announced on Saturday that at least ten people had been killed.
The Federal Foreign Office in Berlin was concerned about the Israeli offensive. “The beginning of a new soil offensive of the Israeli army in Gaza is a reason to worry,” said a spokesman.
The current procedure “could endanger the life of the remaining hostages, including the Germans, who still have to fear for their survival in the Hamas core after almost 600 days,” said the spokesman. A large -scale military offensive also contains the risk of “the catastrophic humanitarian situation of the population in Gaza and the situation of the remaining hostages will continue to deteriorate and that the prospect of an urgently needed long -term ceasefire is moving away”.
Federal Foreign Minister Johann WadePhul (CDU) on Saturday with his Israeli colleague Gideon Saar, the spokesman for the Federal Foreign Office continued.
Italy called Israel to hire the attacks. “Enough with the attacks,” said Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani.
At a summit of the Arab league in Baghdad, UN General Secretary António Guterres called for an immediate and permanent ceasefire. In the conclusion declaration of the summit, the international community was asked to “exert pressure in order to end bloodshed and ensure that urgently needed humanitarian aid can arrive unhindered”.
In the meantime, according to a high-ranking Hamas representative, new indirect negotiations with Israel began to end the war. The conversations “without preconditions” take place in Doha in Qatar. Negotiations in the past had not led to a breakthrough.
Israel had resumed his massive attacks in the Gaza Strip in mid -March after a two -month ceasefire. Since the beginning of March, Israel has also blocked humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip. According to its own statements, Israel wants to force the Hamas concessions, which continues to have dozens of Israeli hostages in its violence. Aid organizations warn of a hunger disaster in the Gaza Strip.
The Gaza War had been triggered by the major attack by Hamas and with it allied fighter to Israel on October 7, 2023, in which, according to Israeli information, around 1200 people killed and 251 people were delayed as hostages into the Gaza strip. Since then, Israel has massively militarily accomplished in the Gaza Strip in response to the Hamas robbery. According to the Ministry of Health controlled by the Hamas, which cannot be checked independently, more than 53,200 people have so far been killed.
