The Israeli Defense Minister approved a military project to occupy Gaza City and commanders began preliminary operations with the IDF controlling the outskirts. The prime minister urged a shortened timetable to seize remaining strongholds and defeat Hamas, stressing urgency. Political leaders claim the operation will collapse the Palestinian militia despite the IDF chief’s earlier opposition due to risks to Israeli hostages. Military leadership met to design the offensive and approved a call-up of 60,000 reservists to enlist on September 2. Total reserve mobilization may reach 130,000, and leaders aim to push Gaza City’s population southward before October 7.
The plan for the Israeli occupation of Gaza City has begun. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed Wednesday morning the approval of the military project to occupy the largest municipality in the occupied Palestinian territories, where nearly one million people live in poverty. Hours later, military spokesman Effie Defrin confirmed that the first steps are already being taken. We have begun preliminary operations and the first phases of the attack on Gaza City.
Katz gave the green light to the plan proposed by the military leadership during a meeting on Tuesday attended by the head of the Israeli army, Eyal Zamir who was tasked with designing the offensive and other senior military and intelligence officials. During that meeting, the leaders also approved the call-up of 60,000 reservists who are to enlist on September 2 to carry out the invasion of Gaza City.
A few minutes earlier Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to whom the army planned to present its plans for the takeover of Gaza City on Thursday, called in a statement for a shortening of the timetable for seizing control of the last terrorist strongholds and the defeat of Hamas, creating a greater sense of urgency. Several political leaders have argued in recent days that this will be the definitive operation to bring about the collapse of the Palestinian militia,
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