Israel’s Defense Minister said on Tuesday that “Gaza is burning” after heavy attacks targeting Gaza city.
The remarks of Defense Minister Israel Katj come at a time when Israel is planning a new attack targeting Gaza city. While leaving for Qatar from Israel, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, while talking to journalists, indicated that the attack had started.
Rubio said, “Israelis have started action there, so we feel that we have very little time to compromise.” “We don’t have months now, and maybe we can have a few days and perhaps a few weeks ago.”
Palestinian residents have reported heavy attacks across the city. He said that at least three houses were damaged in the southwest part of the city in an attack. The doctors were searching for the survivors in the rubble. Radwan Haider, a resident of Gaza city, who took shelter near Shifa Hospital, said, “It was a severe night.”
The Israeli army did not answer the question for hours whether the attack has started. Both Netanyahu and Rubio said on Monday that the only way to end the struggle in Gaza is the elimination of Hamas and the remaining 48 hostages were released. About 20 of these are expected to be alive. Thus, he sidelined the demand for interim ceasefire in favor of ending the struggle immediately.
Hamas has said that he will release the rest of the hostages in exchange for the return of Israel from Palestinian prisoners, a permanent ceasefire and Gaza. The war in Gaza began when Hamas -led militants attacked Southern Israel on 7 October 2023.
Please tell that about 1,200 people were killed in this attack, most of them were citizens. 251 people were kidnapped in this attack, since then most of the hostages have been released under a ceasefire through Qatar or other agreements.
According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, at least 64,871 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s counter -attack, although the ministry does not state how many citizens or fighters were there. The part of the government -run government and the ministry run by medical professionals says that about half of the dead is of women and children.
