(Bloomberg) – Israel considers the expansion of its armed presence in Gaza, despite the concerns of military chiefs and most of the public, that the move is risking the prospect of liberating the remaining hostages holding Hamas.
The Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering whether to deploy Israeli defense forces up to 25% of Palestinian territory, which is no longer under his control, according to an Israeli official on this matter, which asked for the discussion of sensitive information.
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Some Israeli military leaders expressed reservations, the official said, while the plan would probably face a significant opposition to international governments, who feared the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the zone.
The official stated the final decision and Netanyahu plans to convene its decision -making cabinet this week to complete the strategy.
On Tuesday, the Prime Minister organized a three -hour security consultation, during which the head of the IdF staff “submitted the possibility of continuing the military campaign in Gaza, according to a statement from the Netanyahu office. “IDF is ready to implement any decision made by a security cabinet,” he said.
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Consents come with Israel under pressure abroad and at home over their approach to almost two years of war. Several international governments have opposed the spiral humanitarian toll at 2 million populations in Gaza, with the UN warned of deterioration of starvation as a result of Israeli food supply and devastation.
US President Donald Trump decreased as he asked about Israeli negotiations in the White House on Tuesday and said that his focus is helping to distribute Gaza’s help.
“I know Israel will help us with this in terms of distribution and money. We also have Arab countries that will help us with it in terms of money and possibly distribution. So I focus on it,” Trump told reporters at a press conference. “As far as the rest is concerned, I really can’t say – it will be largely on Israel.”
Israel agreed to make it easier to distribute to Gaza agencies and NGOs at the end of July, and said on Tuesday that this would be facilitated by a commercial approach to strengthening food and sanitary facilities, albeit in strict security checking.
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On the domestic market Netanyahu lost the majority public support for war, which exhausted military reserves and could not liberate all Hamas hostages, according to the survey of the Institute of National Security Studies published on Tuesday. The Islamist group still holds 50 of those kidnapped in the attacks in October 2023, which caused war, of which 20 are considered alive.
The reservations of the army to increase the Gaza operations, which the local media, including YNET, said they were led by the Chief of the Eyal General Staff Zamir IDF, have created tensions in both the Israeli government and in opposition.
Defense Minister Israel said that the army should carry out political policies and make sure that “this is the case”. The Minister of National Security ITAMAR Ben Gvir, a hard member of the Netanyahu coalition, said X that the head should be “obliged to clearly state that he will fully observe the Political Echelon Directive”.
The opposition leader Benny Gantz, former head of IDF, called an attack on Mádir “ruthless”.
No date for the safety cabinet meeting has so far been set.
Minister of Science Gila Gamliel, a member of the cabinet, said the discussion was originally set on Tuesday, but was repeatedly postponed. She said it was still time to find an alternative diplomatic solution for the ceasefire interviews that stopped last month.
“There is a chance at these moments, even if it is not as good as before, success in creating another platform through mediators,” said Gamliel Army Radio.
Trump, whose administration works together with Qatar and Egypt in negotiations, called Hamas- determined the terrorist organization Washington- to give up and return the hostage. However, the group supported by Iran has not shown any signs of surrender, requiring complete Israeli withdrawal and rejection.
The Israeli coordinator of government activities in the territories, known as Cogat, said that Tuesday would move to alleviate commercial passages of food and goods to Gaza, was aimed at “reducing the dependence on the collection of UN and international organizations”. In practice, a limited number of local traders will be able to import assistance to Gaza and offer it for sale in local markets.
The average number of trucks collected by AID organizations increased from approximately 30 a day in mid -July to 185 to August 2, Cogat said.
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