Israeli troops entered “the heart of Gaza City”, says the Minister of Defense of the Hebrew State

Israel said Tuesday evening that its troops were now “in the heart of Gaza City”, a month after the start of the war triggered by the unprecedented attack carried out in Israel by Hamas. The Jewish state, which has sworn to‘”annihilate” the Palestinian movement sent Israeli ground troops there who, under air cover, continued to advance in the Gaza Strip.

“We will destroy Hamas (…) Our forces are ready on all fronts,” Yoav Gallant said at a press conference in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, adding that “Gaza is the largest terrorist base ever built.”

“No ceasefire” without release of hostages

During the day, a minute of silence was observed in several Israeli cities and institutions, in memory of the victims of the attack launched on October 7 by Hamas from the Gaza Strip which it controls. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday evening that there would be no “no ceasefire” nor entry of fuel into the Gaza Strip “without the release of the hostages”.

While Israel unilaterally withdrew its soldiers and settlers from Gaza in 2005 after 38 years of occupation, Benjamin Netanyahu told the American channel ABC News Monday evening that his country would take “for an indefinite period, the general responsibility for security” in the Palestinian territory after the war, to prevent, according to him, a return of Hamas. “In general, we do not support a reoccupation of Gaza,” Washington reacted.