Israel says that the Gaza City attack against Hamas is going on, where Rubio says the time “runs out” for the peace agreement

After a night of heavy air strikes, the Israeli army announced on Tuesday that its expanded operation in Gaza City “to destroy Hamas’s military infrastructure” has begun, and the residents warned against moving in the south. Israeli military spokesman Avichai Adry Edori announced the expansion of the Israeli operation in a publication on X, and a warning to Gaza City famine Population of evacuation.

Many Palestinians – tens of thousands of them sought shelter in Gaza City after fleeing from the north regions Israel’s attack against Hamas They said they were unable to evacuate due to overcrowding in southern Gaza and the high price of transportation.

The Israeli Defense Forces announced the launch of the next stage of the “Gideon Merion operation”, saying that those who have begun to push the heart of Gaza City, with two regular sections in the surrounding area. She said that the third division will join the operation in the coming days.

“They will surround Gaza City in all sides,” the Israeli Defense Army said.

Hospital officials told the Associated Press that the Israeli air strikes during the night in northern Gaza killed at least 20 people.

Earlier in the day, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said that “Gaza is burning”, as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio left Israel to Qatar, where he planned to meet the officials who were still angry because of the Israel strike last week that he killed five Hamas members and a local security official.

While the Arab and Muslim countries condemned the strike at the summit of Monday, they stopped any major action targeting Israel, which highlights the challenge of diplomatic pressure on any change in the behavior of Israel in the Israeli war Hamas.

Separately, a team of independent experts concluded by the United Nations Human Rights Council that Israel is committing Genocide In Gaza. It issued a report on Tuesday calling on the international community to end the genocide and take steps to punish those responsible.

Israel refused to cooperate with the committee and accuse it and HRC for the anti -Israel bias. A statement issued by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs says on Tuesday that it “categorically rejects this distorted and false report.”

Rubio, in his interview with reporters before leaving Israel, also indicated that the ground attack in Gaza City began.

“We think we have a very short window of time that a deal can occur,” said Rubio. “We no longer have months, and we may have days and perhaps a few weeks, so it is an essential moment – an important moment.”

“Our preference, our number one choice, is that this ends by settling negotiations,” he added, while recognizing the dangers posed by an intensive military campaign on Gaza.

“The only worst thing of war is a long -term thing that lasts forever and forever,” said Rubio. “At some point, this must end. At some point, Hamas should be distorted, and we hope this will happen through negotiation. But I think time, unfortunately, runs out.”