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Overnight between Monday and Tuesday, Gaza City was hit by a new wave of Israeli airstrikes. The goal: to prepare the ground for a land operation that, according to military sources, aims to fully occupy the city.
ISRAEL. The Jerusalem Post reported that Israeli tanks have already entered northern neighborhoods—news that some officials, while remaining anonymous, confirmed to foreign media. The situation, however, remains confused and fluid.
On September 9, Israel ordered the population to leave the city and move to al-Mawasi, in the south of the Strip, designated a “safe zone.” But that area has been repeatedly bombed, with civilian casualties and destroyed infrastructure.
Today, more than one million people still survive in Gaza City: original residents and displaced people from other areas. For them, there are no real escape routes. Access roads are cut off, homes destroyed, and the areas designated as shelters provide no protection.
Israel has been bombing Gaza continuously for nearly two years. Already in August, the government approved a plan for the military conquest of the city, thereby completing control over 75% of the Strip.
So far, the army had avoided a massive entry into Gaza City and the coastal areas of Deir al-Balah and al-Mawasi, fearing that Israeli hostages might be held there. According to Tel Aviv authorities, about 50 hostages remain, some twenty of whom are believed to still be alive.
As raids continue, on the political front Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Jerusalem. Rubio reiterated U.S. support for Israel but left a window open for diplomacy: “We must prepare for the possibility that there may not be a diplomatic solution, but we will continue to work in that direction.”
The Israeli operation carries an obvious risk: turning Gaza City into the epicenter of a humanitarian catastrophe. With thousands of civilians trapped and no safe haven left, every new incursion multiplies the death toll.
The international community watches with growing concern: the same unresolved issue remains—between Israel’s claim of legitimate defense and the Palestinian denunciation—backed by many NGOs—of a war that deliberately targets civilians.
