The Israeli army says that 60,000 reserve soldiers were summoned to the next stage of the Gaza war

The Israeli army said it summoned 60,000 additional reserve soldiers and expanded the service of 20,000 “as part of the next stage of the” Gideon “operation – the name of Israel’s military operation in Gaza.

Israel is preparing to launch an expanded military operation in Gaza City, perhaps in the coming days, even with negotiators to bring Israel and Hamas to a ceasefire after 22 months of fighting.

At a time when human rights groups have warned that the humanitarian crisis can worsen in Gaza, where most of the population has been displaced, and wide neighborhoods in ruins and that societies are facing the threat of famine.

An Israeli military official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said in line with the military regulations, that the Israeli defense forces will work in parts of Gaza City, where they have not yet worked and where they believe Hamas is still active.

The official said that the Israeli forces are already operating in the olive and gabalia neighborhoods in Gaza City to prepare the basis for the expanded operation, which is expected to obtain approval from the Chief of Staff in the coming days.

The official added that the official will target the vast Hamas tunnel network that the enthusiasm underground tunnel will target again that the Gaza Gaza City city as the main Hamas army and the rule of the Israeli forces will target the vast underground Hamas tunnel network.

The official said that although Israel targeted and killed a lot of Hamas’s supreme leadership, parts of the armed group are actively assembled and carried out attacks, including firing rockets towards Israel.

It is still unclear when the process will start, but it may be a matter of days. The official said that the operation is expected to continue between four to six months.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu constantly said that the aim of the war is to secure the launch of the remaining hostages and ensure that Hamas and other militants can never threaten Israel.

The planned attack, which was announced for the first time earlier this month, led to an increase in Israel’s international condemnation and fears that it would lead to another collective displacement of the Palestinians.

Netanyahu said on August 9 that it will extend parts of Gaza City and the central camps (or for the newly displaced people. Hundreds of thousands of displaced people possess in the city and carry some of the remaining critical infrastructure remains.

AP journalists have seen small groups heading south of the city this week, but how many fleeing voluntaries are still unclear. Some said they were waiting to find out how the events were revealed before moving again, and many insist that there is no place in the air strikes.

The Israeli call comes at a time when it accuses an increasing campaign of the exhausted reserve soldiers, the government of destroying the war for political reasons and a failure to bring the remaining hostages.

The families of the hostages, army heads and former intelligence also expressed their opposition to the expanded operation in Gaza City. Most of the hostages families want immediate ceasefire and anxiety that the expanded attack can offer the return of the homeland to 50 hostages still in Gaza. Israel believes that 20 is still alive.

Former presidents question the goal of fully destroying Hamas. Yoram Cohen, former president of Lahin, has launched the internal security agency of Israel, “imagination”, saying: “If anyone imagines that we can reach every terrorist, every hole and every weapon, and in parallel, bring our hostages home – I think it is impossible.”

The war began when Hamas carried out a terrorist attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and kidnapped 251. Most of the hostages were released into ceasefire or other deals. Hamas says it will just liberate the rest in exchange for a permanent ceasefire and Israeli withdrawal.

Both mediators and Hamas said this week that Hamas leaders agreed to stop shooting, although similar ads have been issued in the past that did not lead to a ceasefire.

An Israeli official said, on the condition that his identity was not disclosed because they were not allowed to speak to the media that Israel is in constant contact with brokers in an attempt to secure the hostage launch.

Netanyahu has repeatedly said that he would oppose a deal that does not include “full defeat of enthusiasm.”

The Gaza Ministry of Health said on Monday that more than 62,000 people were killed during the Israeli attack for 22 months. The ministry is part of the government run by Hamas and employed by medical professionals. The ministry does not specify the number of civilians or fighters, but it says that women and children constitute about half of them.