The radio station explained that the plan does not simply involve evacuating the city's residents, as previously reported, but also includes encircling the city and establishing operational control within it. This means that a ground incursion into the heart of Gaza could begin in the coming weeks to expedite the planned timetable.
The radio station added that the army would begin evacuating residents from the city, noting the difficulty of accommodating hundreds of thousands of displaced people in existing humanitarian zones. This could force the army to withdraw from a portion of the territory it controls in the southern Gaza Strip to create a "new humanitarian zone" to receive the displaced.
At the military level, at least four regular divisions will participate in the operation, along with the call-up of reserve brigades. This is part of the implementation of a plan approved by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and approved by the Security Cabinet on August 8th to gradually reoccupy the Gaza Strip, starting with Gaza City.
On August 11, the Israeli occupation army launched a large-scale attack on the Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, which included the destruction of homes using booby-trapped robots, artillery shelling, gunfire, and forced displacement, according to eyewitnesses.
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There are conflicting reports regarding the size of the participating forces. Some reports indicate that 80,000–100,000 reservists will be called up, while the Israeli Broadcasting Authority stated that all regular forces will participate in Gaza, with reserve forces assigned to missions on other fronts, in preparation for accelerating the military operation and occupying the entirety of Gaza City.
On Friday, the Israel Broadcasting Authority reported that the army was preparing to accelerate its "military operation" aimed at occupying Gaza City. The army also announced on the same day that the "99th Division" had begun operating in recent days in the Zeitoun neighborhood.
With American support, Israel has been committing genocide in Gaza since October 7, 2023, including killing, starvation, destruction, and forced displacement, ignoring all international calls and orders from the International Court of Justice to halt it.
The Israeli genocide left 61,897 Palestinians dead and 155,660 injured, most of them children and women. More than 9,000 people were missing, hundreds of thousands were displaced, and a famine claimed the lives of 251 people, including 108 children.
