Israeli forces have already launched localized raids in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army confirmed this this Friday, ensuring that the objective of these raids is “to eliminate the threat of terrorist cells and infrastructure.” He did it after launching a ultimatum giving civilians 24 hours to evacuate the north of the enclave Palestinian, under constant bombing and on the verge of humanitarian collapse, faced with the possibility of an imminent ground operation on a large scale.

Through social networks, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have indicated that in these raids their soldiers have gathered evidence to help locate the hostages that remain in the hands of Hamaswhile his army has continued attacking “terrorist targets” and “anti-tank missile launchers in Gaza.”

“During the last day, the Army has carried out raids in the territory of the Gaza Strip to eliminate the threat of terrorists and weapons in the areaand locate the hostages,” said an Israeli military spokesman, adding that troops have attacked militia groups and their infrastructure and have also been fired upon by anti-tank missiles while their fighter jets bombed the area.

According to him, the soldiers “searched and gathered evidence” to find at least 130 hostages that the Palestinian militias captured last Saturday during their unprecedented attack in Israeli communities bordering Gaza. In turn, he noted, the military “dismantled terrorist cells and infrastructure located in the area”, among which was one that “fired anti-tank missiles into Israeli territory”, after which they were immediately attacked by aircraft.

Israel’s ultimatum for an impossible: empty northern Gaza

Incursions into the Strip that occur on a day in which Hamas has assured that 13 hostages have died in the intense Israeli bombings that have already left 1,800 dead in Gaza, devastated and on the verge of humanitarian collapse for him total siege imposed by Israelwhich for days prevents access to food, water, fuel, electricity and the entry of humanitarian material, which has led hospitals to a situation of maximum emergency.

Furthermore, the Israeli Army issued an ultimatum urging the evacuation of the civilian population of the northern Strip to leave the area before midnight, which implies the displacement of more than 1.1 million Gazans, around half of the enclave’s population. A claim that The UN considers it “impossible” without producing “devastating humanitarian consequences”. Hamas, for its part, has urged Palestinians to ignore that order.

Later, the Israeli army spokesman for Arab media, Avichay Adraee, urged Palestinian civilians to leave the area before 8:00 p.m. local time. “We asked you this morning to leave Gaza City towards the southern Gaza Valley, for your safety. I would like to inform you that The IDF will refrain from touching the route marked on the map until 8:00 p.m.“, he pointed out through ‘X’, formerly Twitter.

In this context, Doctors without borders denounced on Friday afternoon that the Israeli forces had given them just two hours to evacuate Al Awda hospitala deadline that has subsequently been extended until 06:00 this Saturday morning, as updated by the NGO, which has warned of the difficulties in evacuating patients.

Netanyahu’s threat: “This is just the beginning”

Meanwhile, the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahuhas asserted that the reprisals launched by Israel in Gaza during the last week after the Hamas attack are “just the beginning”. “We are attacking our enemies with unprecedented force,” the Israeli premier said in a brief and unusual televised intervention, offered as the Sabbath began.