Israel says new military offensive with 60,000 reservists to take over Gaza City has begun

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Palestinians are fleeing Gaza City after the Israeli military said it had taken the first steps of a planned operation to take over the city, despite widespread condemnation of the move.

Brigadier General Effie Defrin said that IDF troops had begun circling the outskirts of Gaza City as part of the “first stages” of its new offensive.

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the city are expected to be ordered to evacuate.

Mr Netanyahu’s planned offensive triggered global outrage when first announced with UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer saying it will “only bring more bloodshed”

UN chief Antonio Guterres again called for an “immediate ceasefire in Gaza” and for Israel to reverse a decision to expand “illegal” settlement construction in the West Bank.

Following a clash with Hamas south of Khan Younis in the strip on Wednesday, the IDF spokesman said: "We will deepen the attack on Hamas in Gaza City, a stronghold of governmental and military terror for the terrorist organization."

A military official briefing reporters earlier on Wednesday said reserve soldiers would not report for duty until September, an interval that gives mediators some time to bridge gaps between Hamas and Israel over truce terms.

Hamas, in a statement on Telegram, accused Benjamin Netanyahu of obstructing the ceasefire deal in favour of continuing a "brutal war against innocent civilians in Gaza City."

"Netanyahu's disregard for the mediators' proposal ... proves that he is the real obstructionist of any agreement."

 

Source: Israel says new military offensive to take over Gaza City has begun | The Independent

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