In a conversation with Natuza Nery, Guga explained that it remains “a mystery” how Israel will proceed to destroy Hamas if it has to “continue an operation in the south of the Gaza Strip in the middle of 2 years.” Millions of civilians who don’t know where to go.”
Guga recalled that when the attacks began in the north of the Gaza Strip, many people from the region moved to the south, which was also targeted by bombings. But this population no longer has anywhere to flee in the event of a land attack.
With part of the north of the Gaza Strip destroyed, Palestinians in the south see no possibility of fleeing to Egypt, which also does not allow refugees to enter.
“It is not entirely clear what lies ahead. “I bear in mind that pressure on Israel for a full ceasefire will certainly continue and intensify in the coming weeks,” Guga said.
The future of the Israel x Hamas conflict in the coming weeks
Internal and external pressure
The journalist explained why Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was forced to accept the ceasefire at that time. There has already been pressure from international and multilateral organizations and authorities from other countries calling for a solution along these lines. Pressure within Israel has increased as Israelis are still being held hostage.
“First, [existe] the outer pressure part, but very [do acordo de cessarfogo vem] of internal pressure in Israel. You have the families of the victims: a father, a son, a brother, a sister who is being held hostage. “The priority, not only for the relatives but for many people in Israel, is this: the most important thing is to release the hostages alive,” says Guga.
“And that [libertar reféns com vida] That should be a priority, even more than destroying Hamas. The destruction of Hamas could be delayed because these people now have to come back alive. So the pressure on Netanyahu grew.”
Targets reached in the northern Gaza Strip
The journalist also emphasized that part of Israel’s objectives in the northern Gaza Strip had been achieved, which weighed on Netanyahu’s account when accepting the deal.
“There was resistance [em aceitar o cessarfogo] of the rightwing extremist parties that were against negotiations with Hamas at the time. But Netanyahu concluded that now was the time. He also managed to achieve some goals there in the north of the Gaza Strip. “So he concluded that now might be the time to at least carry out this first hostage exchange and allow the release of women and children,” he said.