1 of 1 military tanks are seen near Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on October 22, 2023. Photo: Portal/Violeta Santos Moura Military tanks are seen near Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel. on October 22, 2023. Photo: Portal/Violeta Santos Moura
The Israeli Armed Forces said they carried out specific operations on land in the north of the Gaza Strip in the early hours of this Monday (23).
The operations focused on points where members of Hamas and other armed groups were gathering, but Israel says this is not yet the land occupation that the country’s government has announced since the start of the war.
According to the BBC, there were attacks by tanks and infantry troops to locate the missing people and hostages and search for information about them.
Last week, the Defense Minister explained for the first time the occupation that Israel wants to carry out in the Gaza Strip.
According to Yoav Gallam, this occupation will occur in three phases and “will not last forever.”
“We want to carry out an operation in Gaza to end responsibility for the area forever,” Gallant told Israeli lawmakers during a session in the country’s parliament.
For the There will be three phases in his war with Hamas:
- The first of these, some of which is already underway, is air strikes and a land offensive.
- In a second moment, the military will focus on fighting “pockets of resistance” in the Gaza Strip.
- In the third phase, the minister said, troops will be withdrawn and Israel will create “a new security regime” that will bring “a new reality for the security of Israeli citizens.”