{"id":17087,"date":"2025-04-03T13:54:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T13:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/israel-announces-plans-to-seize-large-areas-of-gaza-as-it-expands-offensive-against-hamas\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T13:54:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T13:54:31","slug":"israel-announces-plans-to-seize-large-areas-of-gaza-as-it-expands-offensive-against-hamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/israel-announces-plans-to-seize-large-areas-of-gaza-as-it-expands-offensive-against-hamas\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Announces Plans to Seize \u2018Large Areas\u2019 of Gaza as It Expands Offensive Against Hamas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday that Israel is seizing territory in the Gaza Strip hours after his government laid out plans to take over large parts of the enclave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The announcement adds to the growing <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/21\/world\/middleeast\/israel-hamas-gaza-hostages.html\" title=\"\">drumbeat from Israeli officials in recent days<\/a> who have suggested that Israel would shift tactics to hold territory in Gaza, at least temporarily, in an effort to pressure Hamas to free the remaining hostages. The officials have also asserted a vision for postwar Gaza in which Palestinians would move elsewhere \u2014 an idea vehemently rejected by much of the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Holding territory, Mr. Netanyahu said, was meant to push Hamas to return at least 59 remaining hostages the group and its allies captured on Oct. 7, 2023. \u201cThe pressure will increase until they hand them over,\u201d he said in a filmed statement.<\/p>\n<p>In the 15-month military campaign that preceded a January truce, Israeli forces stormed Gazan cities before withdrawing, leaving behind vast destruction but <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/12\/world\/middleeast\/israel-hamas-gaza.html\" title=\"\">allowing Palestinian militants to regroup<\/a> in the rubble.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the weeks after the cease-fire took hold, many Gazans returned home, but Israel resumed its attacks in mid-March.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Now, the military appears to be planning to station forces in captured territory. The defense minister, Israel Katz, on Wednesday said newly captured areas would be \u201cadded to the security zones\u201d that the military currently maintains in Gaza, including a buffer along the enclave\u2019s borders with Egypt and Israel, and much of a key road in the center of the enclave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Netanyahu said Israel would establish a corridor, which he hinted would cut off territory in the southern city of Rafah from the rest of the strip. The so-called Morag Corridor appeared to take its name from a former Israeli settlement in southern Gaza, from which Israel withdrew in 2005.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It was not clear how large the corridor was or how long Israel intended to hold it. The military said that it would not provide details beyond Mr. Netanyahu\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the northern town of Beit Lahia, Palestinians took to the streets to protest against the war and call on Hamas to give up power.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cHamas out,\u201d protesters chanted Wednesday at the rally. \u201cEnough death,\u201d they shouted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Earlier this week, Mr. Netanyahu set forth demands for a postwar Gaza, including Hamas laying down its arms, Israeli security control in Gaza and what he called voluntary migration for Gazans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It\u2019s unclear whether the recent moves by Israeli amount to a bid to pressure Hamas to negotiate and make concessions, or indicate a more comprehensive plan for Gaza. Either way, Israel would face significant pushback, and it is uncertain whether either side could force the other to accept its terms for an agreement through military means.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Netanyahu has repeatedly conditioned the end of the war on the dismantling of Hamas\u2019s military wing and government, but his comments offered a detailed vision of how he thought that could be achieved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For their part, Hamas officials have rejected ideas calling on them to give up their weapons, send their leaders into exile or accept the depopulation of Gaza. Hamas is demanding an end to the war and a full Israeli withdrawal in exchange for the release of all the hostages still held in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Even if Palestinians were allowed to leave Gaza or were forced out, it\u2019s not clear where they would be able to resettle. Arab countries, including neighboring Egypt, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/12\/world\/middleeast\/trump-gaza-egypt-jordan.html\" title=\"\">have rejected proposals<\/a> first publicly floated by President Trump to relocate them to their soil, with some calling the ideas tantamount to ethnic cleansing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Israeli military resumed its attacks against Hamas in Gaza on March 18 after Israel and Hamas failed to reach an agreement to extend the cease-fire that started in January. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Wednesday, Israeli forces struck a United Nations building in the northern city of Jabaliya where several hundred people were sheltering, said Juliette Touma, a spokeswoman for the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees. The Israeli military said it had attacked Hamas militants hiding inside a \u201ccommand-and-control\u201d center, without providing evidence. Israel has accused Hamas of embedding in civilian areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Palestinian Civil Defense, an emergency rescue service under the Hamas-run interior ministry, said in a statement that seven people had been killed. The group does not distinguish between civilians and combatants in its count.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Since the cease-fire collapsed, Israeli forces have been <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/19\/world\/middleeast\/israel-gaza-strip-netzarim.html\" title=\"\">advancing deeper into the Gaza Strip<\/a>, including in the southern city of Rafah, though they have not been sweeping through Palestinian cities as they did before the truce. Both sides have been speaking to mediators about <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/30\/world\/middleeast\/israel-hamas-ceasefire-gaza.html\" title=\"\">a potential deal<\/a> to halt the fighting \u2014 so far without success.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Israeli military has <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/31\/world\/middleeast\/gaza-israel-rafah-evacuation-order.html?searchResultPosition=32\" title=\"\">issued sweeping evacuation orders<\/a> for parts of Gaza. More than 200,000 people in the enclave have been displaced since the cease-fire broke down, according to the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Gaza health officials say that more than 50,000 people have been killed in the enclave since the war began after the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. That attack killed 1,200 people and saw 250 taken hostage to Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Gabby Sobelman<!-- -->, <!-- -->Rawan Sheikh Ahmad<!-- --> and <!-- -->Johnatan Reiss<!-- --> contributed reporting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/02\/world\/middleeast\/israel-gaza-offensive-hamas-war-katz.html\">Source link 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