In a video that was circulated on social media, IDF ( IDF) men were seen destroying a building in Gaza as part of a’gender reveal party’, releasing blue smoke plumes to represent the beginning of a child. ” It’s a boy”! The soldiers yell and then laugh as the ruined structure’s smoking pours out.
The event occurs in a time when the government is escalating in Gaza. A provocative new defense plan to annex the whole Gaza Strip and keep control over the area for an indefinite interval was approved by Israel’s Cabinet on May 5 under the leadership of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a report from the Associated Press, citing two Israeli authorities.
The officials claimed that this expansion of operations may cause a significant foreign backlash, especially given that it would involve the mobilization of tens of thousands of reserve soldiers. Israel views the action as essential to the achievement of its war goals, most notably the recovery of victims and the end of Hamas.
The evacuation of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to southern Gaza is also reportedly included in the program, raising concerns about forced displacement and a more deterioration of the already terrible humanitarian crises.
A different defense source told AP that the program is improbable to be implemented prior to Donald Trump’s planned Middle Eastern attend later this month, suggesting a potential temporary peace.
Israel has increased its military activities since the end of a peace with Hamas in the middle of March, with frequent strikes across the region causing hundreds of casualties. Around 50 % of the Gaza Strip are already under Israeli power. Prior to the restart of warfare, Israel had currently suspended the delivery of humanitarian aid, which many observers described as the most urgent humanitarian disaster in the 19-month conflict.
