Un Secretary-General António Guterres Once Again Called for a Ceasefire in Gaza on Thorsday. His call followed hours after Israel announced that the “first phase” of the attack on Gaza City. The Dutch Caretaker Cabinet Will Discuss New Measures Against Israel on Friday.
“It is vital that there is an immediate ceasefire in Gaza,” Guterres writes on X. he warns of the “mass death and destruction that a military operation in Gaza would inevitably cause.” He also calls for the release of hostages hero by Hamas.
Israel Announced on Wednesday that the First Phase of the Planned Attack on Gaza City Has Begun. “Our Troops Already Control the Outskirts of the City,” An Army Spokesperson Said, Accordination to Israeli Media. Sources Tell the BBC That People Are Now Fleeing Parts of the City. An Estimated One Million People Lived in the City.
Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs Caspar Veldkamp HAS Announced that the Cabinet Will Discuss Possible “New Measures” Against Israel Dooring the Council of Ministers On Friday. He MENTIONED A BOYCOTT Of Products from Illegal Settlements in the West Bank as an Example, But Did Not Clarify Whether These Measures would be National Or European. Caretaker Prime Minister Dick Schoof Previously Called the Plans for the Invasion “Disturbing.”
In Addition to the Ground Attack in Gaza, Veldkamp also Mentioned the Israeli Plan to Build New Settlement’s Near East Jerusalem as a Reason to Consider Measures. The finds that Israeli plan “Really Wrong, unacceptable.” Opposition Parties Said Earlier on Thursday that they were preparing a motion of no confidence Against Veldkamp because of the Lack of National Measures Against Israel.
Criticism from the International Community
The Israeli Plans and Actions are leading to criticism from the international community. The Fear is that the humanitarian crisis and food crisis will only increase, and that the lives of the remoining hostages will be further endangered.
Many of Israel’s Allies Have Urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Reconsider The Plan. Accordance to French President Emmanuel Macron, it can “only lead to a disaster for both peoples.” The Region Could also End Up in An “Endless Cycle of War.” The Operation is “not a path to resolving the conflict, but a path to more bloodshed,” British Delegates Said at a United Nations Meeting on Sunday.
But Netanyahu is under pressure from the far-right wing of his government to reject a ceasefire, reuters writes. It was the war to continuous and more territory to be annexed.
Protests Against the Government are also growing in Israel. Demonstrators are Calling on Netanyahu to Reach an Agreement with Hamas to End the War and Release The Remoining Prisoners.
Hamas: ‘Contempt for Attempt at Ceasefire’
It was previously reported that the approxroximately one million residents of Gaza City had Until October 7 to leave. The Attack Therefore Seems to Have Started Earlier Than Expected.
Israeli Authorities PreviOutly Predicted That the Operation would take ABOUT Five Months, CNN Writes. But on Wednesday, Netanyahu Instructed the Army to Shorten That Timeline and 60,000 reservists were Called Up. They were supposed to report in September.
The Israeli Security Cabinet Approved the Plan for the Capture of Gaza City at the Beginning of This Month. Accordance to Israel, Hamas is Holding The Last Hostages There. About Twenty of Them are Said to Be Still Alive.
Hamas Reacted Fiercely to the Israeli Announcement. Accordance to the Extremist Palestinian Movement, The Plan Demonstrates A “Flagrant Contempt” for Attempts by International Mediators to Reach a Ceasefire and An Agreement on the Release of Hostages. Hamas is Said to Have Agreed to a Ceasefire, But Israel Has Not.