Despite the decisions of the International Court of Justice, Israel is deliberately withholding humanitarian aid to Gaza.
A statement issued by Oxfam, a UK-based humanitarian aid organization, said that Israel has systematically withheld aid to Gaza.
The statement said that instead of confronting this situation, the international community is engaged in less effective methods such as air-dropping aid to Gaza and providing aid from the sea, and the aid stopped by Israel includes oxygen, incubators, and water. and products such as disinfectants are included.
The statement emphasized that the aid was collected in the Egyptian city of Arish, 40 kilometers from Gaza. Israel has now said that its ground forces will “increase their operations tonight” after the Israeli Air Force bombed Gaza heavily on Friday evening.
Israeli army spokesman Daniel Higari has said that “in the last few hours we have increased the attacks in Gaza.” The Air Force has extensively targeted underground targets and terrorist infrastructure. Continuing the same activity that has been going on for the past several hours, the ground forces will now expand their activities.
He added that the Israel Defense Forces are “powerfully and effectively operating in all dimensions” to achieve their military goals.
After announcing the expansion of the ground operation, the spokesman of the army asked the citizens of Gaza to move to the south side of the city.
Earlier, an army spokesman alleged that Hamas was using hospitals in Gaza as shields for underground tunnels and command centers, which Hamas denied. An Israeli army spokesman specifically named al-Shafa Hospital at the time, saying it was being used for “terrorist operations”.
The announcement was preceded by Ashkelon reporting that they could hear loud explosions in Gaza City. These sounds of explosions were more than the sounds of bombings in the past days.
On the other hand, the local government in the Gaza Strip has said that the internet service in the area has been suspended. This was confirmed by internet monitoring service ‘NetBlocks’ in a post on social networking website ‘X’ that there had been a ‘significant reduction in connectivity’ in Gaza.
It has been said that only speculation can be made about what will happen in the next few hours. According to him, one thing is clear and that is that Israel’s operations in Gaza are intensifying and as a result, there will be a fear of more casualties.
According to Jeremy, Israel has said that they are targeting targets based on intelligence. Still, if they are also sending ground forces into Gaza, it would mean that the tide of the ongoing war is changing.
Similarly, the charity organization “Action Aid” has also said they have lost contact with all their personnel in Gaza.
Can a ground attack on Gaza achieve its goals?
The leaders of Israel have already declared that the name and sign of Hamas will be erased and that the situation in Gaza will never be the same.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that “every member of Hamas is a dead man.” He also reiterated his commitment to destroy the Hamas “terror machine” and political structure.
The ground operation ‘Swords of Iron’ is far more ambitious than the Israeli military had previously thought and is a plan that could continue for months to come..
A ground attack is fraught with danger:
A military operation is at the mercy of many factors, including factors that can derail any such operation.
Hamas’s armed wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, will prepare for an Israeli attack. Explosives will be ready to greet the Israeli soldiers and there will be plans for ambushes. Hamas can use its notorious and extensive network of tunnels in Gaza to attack Israeli forces.
