Tension over an imminent offensive in Gaza increases. Just a few hours after the ultimatum issued by Israel to clear the northern area expired at three in the afternoon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has added fuel to the fire. «Are you ready for the next stage? “It’s coming,” he told the infantrymen stationed on the outskirts of the Strip.
עם הלוחמים שלנו בעוטף עזה, בקו החזית. כולנו מוכנים.
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— Benjamin Netanyahu – בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) October 14, 2023
Netanyahu has publicized the visit to the troops in a video in which he is seen haranguing them. In response, he sees the foot soldiers nodding in agreement. The Israeli Prime Minister has published this video in a message on the social network X, along with a message: «With our fighters in the Gaza Strip, on the front line. “We are all ready.”
Netanyahu’s visit comes just after the deadline to evacuate the northern Gaza Strip imposed by the Israeli army has expired, which ended at 3 p.m., one hour longer in Israel.
The Israeli forces had given a first ultimatum on Friday – which ended this morning – to the more than 1.1 million inhabitants of the northern Strip to leave their homes and move south due to the prospect of a land incursion. against Hamas, which is now expected to be imminent. Then they extended it until three o’clock today. Netanyahu’s words encourage the expectation that the invasion will not wait long.
The Army argues the need for a ground incursion into the Strip as soon as possible, according to the newspaper Haaretz. What was planned would be attacks by “land, sea and air” against the territory. “The battalions and soldiers are deployed throughout the country and are prepared for the next phases of the war, emphasizing an important ground operation,” a military spokesman concluded.
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