Appearance from Ramallah, in the -slightly- quieter West Bank. The Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohamed Shtayé, begins to talk about the latest vminor victims of broken families…his voice breaks, he sobs, tears come. It is shocking to see such a veteran, well worked, break down when he realizes the Israeli offensive redoubled. It is difficult to report the number of children and mothers who are turned into “martyrs” by the incessant attacks.

A campaign of bombingsthat of the last hours, they say, like never before and, again, about hospitals and schools…or close. All used by “terrorists”, according to Israel, for their arsenals and as human shields. Although Hamas responded this Monday inviting the Secretary General of the UN to verify ‘in situ’ whether such accusations are true – or not.

“Today there is North Gaza and South Gaza”

The fact is that the Israeli Defense Forces claim to have already broken in two the Strip, departure like Sudan after the civil war. The ‘cutoff line’ would be in Gaza City: “Today there are already North Gaza and South Gaza“We have reached the coastline and we maintain those positions,” the IDF spokesperson proudly proclaimed.

They would have achieved this largely by a tactical error of the militiasHamasas explained by Guillermo Pulido, Security and Defense analyst at Al Rojo Vivo: “They did not make tunnels on the beaches because they believed that the Israeli Army would not go there, it is not the strategy and the path that it has followed other times.

Yago Rodríguezfrom ‘The Political Room’ expands the explanation: “They are establishing a cordon (around the north of the Strip) to cause a dilemma for Hamas, so that civilians can leave and save face in the face of international pressures. If it is completed the encirclement, the battlefield will be completely isolated, the tunnels will be cut off… and from there begin assaults on the urban center” of Gaza City, perhaps – he points out – the most key objective.

The division is already noticeable even, for example, in telecommunications: while “Southern Gaza” has recovered them this morning – after the third total blackout in a month of outbreak – the North does not. Raw fighting There is in both, yes.

Diplomatic offensive

Meanwhile, continues a contradictory diplomatic offensive international: after a surprise visit to the West Bank, the American foreign minister, Anthony Blinken, was seen this Monday at noon with Türkiye. Admitting that more humanitarian aid is needed, putting emphasis on the hostages… and pointing out, again, that “the Palestinian National Authority should govern all Palestinians”, dislodging Hamas.

Along these lines, the president of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyenhas loaded the inks from Brussels: “Gaza cannot be a safe haven for terrorists”, has been shipped. Although, officially, the EU is committed to two-state solution.