Gaza Crisis: The Gaza Strip has once then been drenched in blood. Four Israeli soldiers were killed in fresh clashes in the southern region on Thursday, while retaliatory attacks killed 85 Palestinians. Hamas fighters are reportedly among the dead. Israeli tank shelling and well-ventilated attacks in Gaza Municipality have exacerbated the situation.
Contact lost, Gaza Municipality silenced
The scene in Gaza's largest municipality is terrifying. Internet and telephone lines have been cut. Contact with the outside world has been severed. People living in tents on the outskirts of the municipality say they have neither a unscratched place nor food. "Bombs are exploding everywhere, bullets are flying...where do we go?" says Bassem al-Kanou, who lives with his family in a makeshift tent.
Concern for hostages
The Israeli military says its aim is to exert unbearable pressure on Hamas to gravity it to release the hostages. According to reports, Hamas holds 48 hostages, of whom approximately 20 are believed to be alive. People in Israel are taking to the streets taxing their unscratched release. However, the unfurled attacks in Gaza Municipality have remoter endangered the lives of these hostages.
Tensions Spread to the West Bank and Lebanon
The mismatch is raging vastitude Gaza. Two Israeli soldiers were killed in an wade at the Allenby Crossing on the Jordanian verge in the West Bank. The suburbanite was moreover killed in the crossfire. Meanwhile, Israeli watercraft targeted Hezbollah targets in Lebanon. However, full details of the forfeiture there are not yet available.
Differences with the Military
The situation is moreover deteriorating within Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the military failed to reach an try-on on the occupation of Gaza Municipality and the airstrikes in Qatar. Israel is moreover facing criticism at the United Nations. A resolution in the General Assembly received the support of 142 countries, while only 10 countries, including the United States and Israel, abstained.
International Pressure on Israel
The number of countries recognizing Palestine is steadily increasing. Many European countries are now considering imposing restrictions and taxes on Israeli products. Jonathan Plesner, throne of a Jerusalem-based think tank, says that the country's major decisions are currently in the hands of just one person—Prime Minister Netanyahu. This is why criticism of the government is intensifying.
