More than 20 days have passed since the Hamas group attacked Israel, and Tel Aviv is moving towards a new phase in the war. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, while describing the situation faced by the two million people living in the Strip, commented, “The world in Gaza shook last night.” Many were left without electricity, fuel, food and drinking water. Moreover, there was not even a telephone or internet connection because the lines were seriously damaged in Israel’s carpet bombing, which continued with great intensity today, October 28.
Even Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who met with the families of Hamas hostages, leaves no room for doubt: “The second phase of the war begins with the ground operation in Gaza.” A war was now going on in the field. Addressing the nation later, the Israeli prime minister said, “Our soldiers are fighting and in the Gaza Strip” and underlined that the “supreme” goal of our operation was “the complete elimination of the enemy” and “our security.” existence as a state”.
But for the New York Times, there is no doubt about it. The Israeli army’s presence in the Strip represents the beginning of the occupation of Gaza. An unannounced invasion. According to the US newspaper, on the night of October 27 to October 28, after a massive aerial bombardment, soldiers entered the northern part of the Strip and remained there. The military has not publicly described the operation as an invasion, and at this point the maneuver appears more limited than some experts predicted. The Israeli army released only brief images of its advance, and few reports emerged from the Palestinian side because internet connections were disrupted. Hamas’ armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, confirmed the presence of Israeli soldiers in Gaza.
According to various sources, the first goal will be to occupy a strip at least two kilometers deep in the Gaza Strip. The aim of the action would be twofold: to secure a ‘protected’ area from which to launch a deeper invasion of Gaza, and to apply pressure on the various armed militias to force them to negotiate the release of hostages. Sources underline that 600 targets and 150 tunnels will be hit so far in the attack, and approximately 200 thousand people will leave the north of the Strip and reach the central region.
Faced with this drama, Elon Musk announced that he would offer the SpaceX Starlink satellite system for the benefit of humanitarian NGOs operating in Gaza, in response to the call of Democratic Member of Parliament Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, who called the power outage in Gaza “unacceptable”. All forms of communication in Gaza. Some human rights NGOs have also expressed fears that with such attacks Israel is actually “hiding from world atrocities” that could occur during army operations. This is because numerous international humanitarian organizations, including UN agencies, have reported that they have lost contact with their personnel in Gaza. The Palestinian Red Crescent has warned that it can no longer provide an effective ambulance service to bombing victims. Sources in the area confirmed that after the raids, affected residents had to verbally direct ambulances to the location of the injured. This greatly complicates and delays rescue operations. The head of the World Health Organization explained that the blocking of internet and phone networks in X “made it impossible for ambulances to reach the injured.”
In this dramatic environment, information came about the entry of trucks carrying humanitarian aid (water, food and medicine) from Egypt to the Rafah Border Gate. “A drop in the ocean,” displaced people in southern Gaza said recently. “Nothing distributed by us yet.”
Source: Today IT
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