The Israeli army’s main spokesman, Vice Admiral Daniel Hagaria, warned Gaza residents still in the north and Gaza City. They are “running out of time” to escape to the south of the enclave, given all indications that Israeli forces are operating on a large scale in the area.
“Go south. For your own safety. This is not a mere precaution. It is an urgent call for the safety of civilians in Gaza,” Hagari warned in a video on the Israeli army’s English account:
The spokesperson assured: “This is a temporary measure” and “A return to the north of the Gaza Strip will be possible once these intense hostilities end,” before denouncing the massacres committed by Palestinian militias led by Hamas. “Let’s not forget this,” he warned.
The United Nations and humanitarian organizations condemned this Israeli “evacuation order.” illegal forced displacement maneuver Part of a siege campaign pushing the more than two million residents of Gaza into a humanitarian catastrophe.
Hagari made the appearance after a night of intense nighttime bombardments by Israel that, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, left the country leaving at least 377 dead in the isolated Gaza Strip that was already dark, accompanied by new incursions by Israeli forces in the interior . of the enclave, where they still reside.
However, these attacks are still taking place and do not represent the major ground operation that Israeli authorities have prepared in the next major phase of their campaign against Hamas. after the October 7 attack by Palestinian militias, which has since killed 1,400 Israelis and kidnapped more than 220 people.
The military later posted a video on the same account in which Lieutenant Caro Halevi announced that “the objectives of this war require the use of land,” and furthermore said that “the best soldiers have already been deployed in Gaza.”
To expose and destroy the enemy, there is no other way than to invade his territory by force.
A statement from LTG Herzi Halevi.
“The objectives of this war require a ground operation – the best soldiers are now deployed in Gaza.” pic.twitter.com/KUGj6cG4Ke
– Israeli Defense Forces (@IDF) October 28, 2023
(With information from Europa Press)
Source: La Neta Neta
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