The Israeli defense minister said “Gaza is burning” on Tuesday after his troops began an offensive throughout the city of Gaza.
Hospital officials said Independent At least 20 Palestinians were killed and more than 120 wounded, formed as women and children. “It was a very difficult night,” said Dr. Mohammed Abu Salmia, director of the Shifa Hospital in Gaza.
A spokesman for the Israeli Arabic language confirmed that the expansion of Israeli operations in Gaza had begun, just more than a week after the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the city to leave “now”.
An Israeli military official described Gaza as a “urban battlefield” and said Israel controls 40 percent of the area around Gaza – “but it is not the center yet.
“We moved to the next stage or the main stage of the Gaza city program last night,” the official said. “Our goals remain unchanged: bringing hostages and removing Hamas.”
The attack visited Jerusalem even when US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Jerusalem, where he stood with the Israeli Prime Minister. Mr Rubio acknowledged the start of the operation in Gaza and emphasized the necessity of the immediate end of the conflict, and the one who destroys Hamas. Early in the meeting, he promised that US support for Israel was “unmatched”.
“The Israelis have begun to operate there,” said Mr Rubio before leaving for Qatar. So we think we have a very short window where the deal can happen. ” “We have no months anymore and it will probably take days and maybe a few weeks.”
Developments took place on Tuesday when a two -year UN survey showed that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza. Research, conducted by the International Commission on Independent Research of the United Nations, concluded that Israel has “obviously ignored” international law and “it has been an orchestra for almost two years now.”
In its 72 -page report, the UN Commission found that Israel has committed four of the five genocide operations defined by the 1948 Genocide Convention since October 2023. The commission concluded that Israeli President Asra Herzog, Mr. Netanyahu, and then the Secretary of Defense of Yuo Galant, stolen the genocide commission.
Israel has strongly denied the findings of the report and calls it “anti -Semitic … distorted and inaccurate”.
Dr. Abu Salem said the bombing on Monday night targeted several areas in Gaza, including the northern parts. He said the medical teams were “tired and worn out” at Shifa Hospital.
“The bombing did not stop for a moment,” he said. “There are still bodies under the rubble.”
Earlier, Mr Netanyahu refused to reject more strikes on Hamas leaders on foreign soil following an attack on Qatar, which killed six people.
The Israeli leader said on Monday that every country had the right to “defend himself beyond his borders” while talking to Mr. Rubio at a press conference in Jerusalem. “The principle that terrorists should not be immune wherever they are, wherever they are, it has not been established by me,” said Netanyahu.
Israel bombed Doha on September 9 and targeted Hamas militant leaders who, according to Qatar, said in their capital to discuss Mr Trump’s latest ceasefire offer for Gaza. The air strike, carried out without prior knowledge of the United States or Qatar, showed a significant exacerbation of Israeli military action in an area previously shaken by clashes, since the October 7 attacks led by Hamas, which created the Gaza war.
Qatar is a key intermediary and host of negotiations for Gaza, as well as the home of Washington’s largest base in the Middle East.
The US president Donald Trump said on Monday that he was not already informed about the attack by Mr Netanyahu and was not involved in Israel’s decision to strike in Qatar. Mr Trump has said twice that Mr Netanyahu “will not hit Qatar”.
Mr Netanyahu and Mr Rubio stood shoulder to the shoulder on Monday and came down from the attack, which was created, and was surprised by the Trump administration.
Mr Netanyahu said there is “pessimism and huge hypocrisy” in criticizing Israel for a strike in Qatar that targets Hamas, even as Israel’s largest ally, Mr Trump, joined the world condemnation of the Tel Aviv air attack in Doha.
He emphasized that the United States “acted very bold against terrorist shelters given to al -Qaeda in Afghanistan. [Osama] “You don’t have such a sovereignty,” bin Laden in Pakistan “. Israel’s timeHuman
The Israeli prime minister claimed “we did this alone. The period” was pressured when the United States was involved in the strike. He seemed to acknowledge that Israel had failed to kill Hamas leaders, but added that the strike still sent a message to the militant group.
“It failed because it had a main message and we considered it before it was launched, and that means you can be hidden, you can run, but we will take you,” Mr Netanyahu added.
Mr Netanyahu made fiery statements on Monday, as 50 leaders from all over the Arabs and the Islamic world in the Qatar capital gathered for an emergency meeting at “Unity of Unity” against Israeli Shock Bombing from the Gulf State.
Presidential leaders in the Persian Gulf, including the Saudi crown prince, Egyptian President Mohammed bin Salman, Abdul Fatah al -Sisi, and the Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, whose countries have previously boycotted Qatar due to diplomatic disputes.
The US Secretary of State said Hamas should be destroyed and that all hostages for peace in Gaza were released.
“We wish that there was a peaceful and diplomatic way of ending it, and we will continue to explore and dedicate it, we also have to prepare for the possibility that it doesn’t happen,” he said.
“Hamas should stop as an armed element that can threaten regional peace and security.”
The Israeli prime minister told Mr Rubio that his presence in Israel is a clear message that “the US stands with Israel”.
“You stand in front of the assassination with us.”
There was no sign of Washington’s disappointment or discomfort with Israel’s latest actions during Mr Rubio’s visit, even if Mr Trump had erased his dissatisfaction with Israel’s strike on Qatar.
Prior to leaving Qatar, Mr Rubio said Doha and Washington were on the eve of the advanced defense cooperation agreement. He added: “Only Qatar was capable of mediation in Gaza, and Hamas had a limited time to accept a ceasefire.”
“Obviously they have to decide whether they want to do it after last week, but we want them to know that if there is a country in the world that can end through negotiation, this is Qatar,” Mr Rubio told reporters.
The war in Gaza began when the militia -led militants attacked southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people, most civilians, and kidnapped 251. The Israeli retribution attack, according to the Ministry of Health in the Hamas tape, killed at least 64.871 Palestinians.
