The Israeli army said Wednesday that it opened for 48 hours an additional route that the Palestinians could use to leave Gaza City, while intensifying his efforts to evict the city of civilians and face thousands of Hamas fighters.
Hundreds of thousands of people are refugees in the city and many are reluctant to follow Israel’s orders to move south due to the dangers of the roadthe bad conditions, the lack of food in the southern area and the fear of permanent displacement.
“Although we want to leave Gaza City, is there any guarantee that we can return? Will war ever end? That is why I prefer to die here, in Sabra, my neighborhood “he said by phone Ahmed, school teacher.
At least 30 people died on Wednesday at the Gaza Strip in the last Israeli attacks19 of them in the city of Gaza, according to local health authorities.
A day after Israel announced the launch of a land offensive to take control of the main urban core of Gaza, The combat cars had advanced short distances towards the central and western areas of the city from three directions, but no important advance was reported.
A high Israeli position said military operations focused on getting civilians to go south and that the fighting would intensify in the next one or two months.
The high position said that Israel expected some 100,000 civilians to remain in the citywhose capture would take months, and that the operation could be suspended if the fire was reached with the Militia Hamas group.
The prospects of a high fire seem remote after Israel attacked Hamas political leaders in Doha last week, enraging Qatar, co-mediator in the high-fire conversations.
Challenging world criticism for the attack, including the reprimand of the unconditional ally of Israel, United States, Prime Minister Benjamín Netanyahu has affirmed that Israel will attack Hamas leaders anywhere.
Visiting Doha on Tuesday, the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, said there was “a very short time window” in which the fire could occur, apparently referring to Israel’s declared plans to end Hamas by force in Gaza.
