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An American official said on Monday that Israel’s decision to withdraw some of its forces from… Gaza It appears to be the beginning of a gradual shift to less intense operations in the northern Gaza Strip, despite the continuing fighting there.
Residents said that Israel withdrew its tanks from some neighborhoods of Gaza City today while announcing plans to change its methods and reduce the number of its soldiers, but fighting raged in other places in the Strip amid intense bombardment.
The American official added to Reuters, “This appears to be the beginning of a gradual shift toward less intense operations in the north, which we were encouraging, which reflects the success achieved by the Israeli army in dismantling the military capabilities of the (Islamic Resistance Movement).” agitation There,” he said.
He warned against the continuation of fighting in the north, and said that the Israeli shift does not change the situation in the south.
“third level”
Reuters quoted an Israeli official as saying that Israel had withdrawn some of its forces from Gaza, turning to more targeted operations against Hamas. He considered that the withdrawal focused on reserve soldiers and aimed to revitalize the Israeli economy.
The official pointed out that “the Israeli army is moving into the third phase of the war, with Israeli tanks and forces invading a large part of the Gaza Strip and largely confirming its control,” he said, despite the continued resistance operations of setting up ambushes from tunnels and hidden bunkers.
He added that this would take at least 6 months, and would include intensive cleansing operations against what he called “terrorists.”
He also pointed out that some of the forces that withdrew from Gaza would be ready to rotate on the northern border with Lebanon, stressing that Israel would not allow the situation on the Lebanese front to continue, and that the next six months would be critical, as he put it.
He was the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu He said earlier on Saturday that the war on the Gaza Strip will continue for months, stressing that the Israeli army is “deepening its military operations in the southern and central Gaza Strip, above and below the ground,” vowing to liquidate Hamas leaders.
“No return for the citizens of Gaza”
In a related context, Netanyahu said today that there will be no return of Gazan citizens to the northern Gaza Strip, and there will be no change in the open-fire orders.
He pointed out, in a speech during a meeting of his party bloc in the Knesset, that Israel acts in accordance with what serves its interests and according to its considerations, and that there are agreements with the United States, and sometimes disagreements, as he put it.
