Three phases, from attack to ground offensive and control. During a meeting with the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant outlined Israeli war plans and objectives in the Gaza Strip, speaking of an operation divided into “three phases”. The Times of Israel reports this. “We are in the first phase, in which a military campaign is taking place with air strikes and later with a ‘land’ maneuver with the aim of destroying operators and damaging infrastructures to defeat and destroy Hamas.” fighting will continue, but with less intensity, as troops work to “eliminate pockets of resistance.” The third step, he continued, “will be the creation of a new security regime in the Gaza Strip, the removal of Israel’s responsibility for daily life in the Gaza Strip and the creation of a new security reality for the citizens of Israel and area residents.
October 7, Gallant said, “was the day the process of destroying Hamas began, explaining that once this destruction is complete, Israel will relinquish responsibility for Gaza and establish a new security regime.
Meanwhile, air warning sirens sounded in central Israel, in the Jerusalem area. Israeli media reported this. Alarm was also raised in small communities in the Judean foothills, south of Modiin. Another very hot front is on the border with Lebanon, from where mortars were fired towards Israel. According to Israeli forces (IDF), they were launched towards the disputed Mount Dov region, in the Shebaa Farms area, where military positions are located. The IDF is responding with artillery.
Source: IL Tempo
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