2024-04-26 02:37:02
While Israel promised to increase “pressure” on the movement Islamist Hamasthe head of Israeli military intelligence, General Aharon Halivapresented his resignation yesterday for his “responsibility” in the attack that sparked the war in Gaza.
In the midst of the offensive in the Palestinian territory, Israel celebrated the beginning of the Easter Jewish holiday, Passover, one of the most important in the Hebrew calendar, marked by the absence of 129 captive hostages in Gaza since October 7.
On the eve of this holiday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised “harder blows” to Hamas. “In the coming days we will increase military and political pressure on Hamas, as it is the only way to free our hostages and achieve our victory,” he declared.
First person in charge political o military high-ranking leader to resign since the October 7 attack by the commandos of Hamas, Haliva assumed her “responsibility” in the security failures that allowed the emergence of the Islamists in the south. The general requested “the termination of his duties,” the Army announced, after 38 years of military career.
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The attack on October 7, the bloodiest since the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, caused 1,170 deaths, most of them civilians, according to a balance based on official Israeli data.
In retaliation, Israel promised to “annihilate” Hamas, in power in Gaza since 2007, and launched a military offensive that has so far left 34,151 dead, according to the Ministry of Health of the narrow territory.
After more than six months of bombing and fighting in Gaza, mired in a severe humanitarian crisis, Israel approved “the next stages of the war,” announced Army spokesman Daniel Hagari.
Netanyahu remains firm in his willpower to launch a ground offensive in Rafah, where 1.5 million people are, most of them displaced by the current conflict.
The organizations humanitarian and much of the international community oppose the operation, fearing a bloodbath in this city, located near the border with Egypt, which is closed.
The Army reiterates that some of the October 7 hostages are being held in Rafah. More than 250 people were kidnapped that day and 129 remain captive in Gaza, of whom 34 died, according to Israel. /AFP
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