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Smoke rises in the Gaza Strip after Israeli airstrike. © Abed Khaled/AP/dpa
The Gaza war has entered the next phase. The situation for civilians is getting worse. Protests are taking place around the world because of the suffering of the civilian population. The overview.
Tel Aviv/Gaza - After three weeks of heavy air strikes, more and more Israeli ground troops with battle tanks have been advancing against Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, since the weekend.
Israel's declared goal is to dismantle the Islamist organization that rules the coastal strip. Terrorists from Hamas and other extremist groups carried out the worst massacre of Israeli civilians since the founding of the State of Israel in 7 on October 1948.
Protests against Israel have erupted around the world in the face of an increasing number of deaths in the Gaza Strip. The UN speaks of a precarious humanitarian situation. In the Gaza Strip, people looted UN food warehouses.
Israel intensifies fighting in the Gaza Strip
"We are entering the next phase of our war against Hamas in Gaza. From the air, on land and at sea," Israel's army spokesman Daniel Hagari said in a video released by the military on Platform X on Sunday night. In addition, night aerial photographs of Israeli battle tanks were released, which were already firing from close range in built-up areas. Two Israeli soldiers were wounded in the fighting in the northern Gaza Strip, the army said.
An Israeli mobile artillery unit can be seen in a position near the border between Israel and Gaza. © Tsafrir Abayov/AP/dpa
When Israel announced the mobilization of 7,300 reservists after the Hamas raid on October 000, many had expected a large-scale ground offensive. In fact, Israel seems to want to avoid such a frontal attack, which could lead Hezbollah in southern Lebanon to attack Israel and embroil the army in a two-front war. Like Hamas, the Shiite militia is allied with Israel's arch-enemy Iran. Instead of a sudden large-scale attack, Israel is apparently relying on a gradual expansion of its ground operations against Hamas.
Netanyahu apologizes for accusations against intelligence
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized for accusations against the intelligence service for failing to warn him of Hamas' war intentions. A post on the online platform X, which he published on Sunday morning, said: "I was wrong. Things I said after the press conference (the night before) shouldn't have been said, and I apologize for that." Earlier, the prime minister had written on X that he had never been warned of Hamas' belligerent intentions. There was no explanation for the sudden change of heart.
Hardly any reports from the combat zones
There were few reports on the progress of the ground fighting in the north, as most journalists had fled to the south of the Gaza Strip, as had hundreds of thousands of civilians. The Israeli army had been calling for this for days so that people would not be harmed in future armed conflicts. In addition, almost all telephone and Internet connections in and with the Gaza Strip were down for about 36 hours until they were slowly restored on Sunday.
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From Iran's point of view, Israel has crossed red lines with the attacks on Gaza. "The crimes of the Zionist entity, humanitarian and military, have crossed the red lines that could force everyone to act," Prime Minister Ebrahim Raisi told the Arabic channel Al-Jazeera in an interview published on Saturday evening.
More and more casualties in the Gaza Strip
The number of casualties in the Gaza Strip continued to rise after the heavy airstrikes. According to the Hamas-controlled Palestinian Ministry of Health, more than 7,8000 Palestinians have been killed and around 20,000 injured since October 7. Meanwhile, rockets from the Gaza Strip were again fired at Israel. No other victims were reported. Since October 1400, Israel has suffered 4000,229 deaths and around <>,<> injuries. In addition, at least <> people were deported from Israel to the Gaza Strip three weeks ago.
Supply situation dramatic - people loot UN emergency relief camps
The situation of the more than 2.2 million inhabitants of the Gaza Strip is becoming increasingly precarious. According to aid organizations, drinking water, food and medicine are running low. Since the beginning of the war, around 90 trucks have passed through the Rafah crossing from Egypt. 100 would be needed - per day. According to the UN Palestine Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), thousands of people broke into storage and distribution points for relief supplies. They would have taken flour and other things such as hygiene articles with them. "This is a worrying sign that civil order is slowly collapsing after three weeks of war and a firm siege of Gaza. People are afraid, frustrated and desperate," said Thomas White, UNRWA director in the Gaza Strip.
Israel Announces Expansion of Humanitarian Aid to Gaza Strip
Israel says it wants to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. Elad Goren of the Cogat authority told journalists on Sunday that aid deliveries should be "dramatically increased" in the coming weeks. This was done at the request of the United States. Goren said the water supply in the Gaza Strip was "not at the normal level" but sufficient for humanitarian needs. 90 percent of the drinking water in the Gaza Strip comes from the Palestinian territory itself. According to Israeli intelligence, there is no shortage of food in the coastal strip.
Anti-Israel Rallies and Calls for a Ceasefire Around the World
In view of the suffering of civilians in the Gaza Strip, people demonstrated against Israel in numerous countries of the Islamic world. Not only in cities such as Istanbul, but also in London and New York, demonstrators demanded a ceasefire. Pro-Palestinian rallies also took place in several German cities. The largest was on Saturday with about 11,000 participants in Berlin under the motto "Global South United". On Sunday, about 250 people demonstrated against anti-Semitism and Islamism in Berlin's Mitte district.
Qatar: Escalation makes hostage efforts 'more difficult'
Qatar and Egypt are involved as mediators in efforts to secure the release of hostages kidnapped by Palestinian extremists. Prior to the expansion of ground operations in the coastal area sealed off by Israel, there had been reports that progress was allegedly being made in these efforts. However, Majed Al-Ansari, spokesman for Qatar's Foreign Ministry, told CNN on Saturday that the escalation on the ground now makes the situation "considerably more difficult". Relatives called on Netanyahu to work for the release of the hostages and to refrain from attacks on the Gaza Strip until then. Dpa