Buildings that were destroyed during the Israeli ground and air operations in the Gaza Strip. AP
The decision, made overnight, came hours after the occupation army announced it was calling up tens of thousands of reservists to expand its war in Gaza.
The new plan for Israel’s war in Gaza involves “the conquest of territory and remaining there”, Israeli officials said.
The Israeli military will displace the Palestinian population to southern Gaza while carrying out “powerful strikes” against the resistance movement, they added.
The expansion of the aggresion will be gradual to give a chance for a renewed ceasefire and captive release deal before US President Donald Trump’s visit to the region in mid-May, one official told CNN.
Trump is scheduled to visit Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar next week.
According to Israeli Ynet news, the security cabinet also approved a new plan for aid distribution in Gaza, which is under full Israeli blockade since March 2.
United States and Israeli officials are discussing a mechanism to deliver aid to Gaza that bypasses Hamas, an Israeli source familiar with the matter and a State Department official told CNN. The official said an announcement could be made “in the coming days.”
However, the UN and aid agencies working in the occupied Palestinian territory rejected the new US-Israeli framework for aid deliveries into Gaza Sunday saying the plan appeared “designed to reinforce control over life-sustaining items” and would fail to ensure aid reached Gaza’s most vulnerable residents.
On March 18, Israel shattered a ceasefire, brokered by Egypt, Qatar and the US, and resumed its genocidal war on Gaza , killing more than 2,600 people in the weeks since.
Israel has killed more than 52,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, since the war began.
The war has displaced more than 90% of Gaza’s population, often multiple times, and turned Gaza into an uninhabitable area.
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