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We are cutting up the strip, and we are increasing the pressure step by step, so that they will give us our hostages,
Netanyahu said
Now in both attack and strategy, the method is the same, ... it is essentially the collective punishment of the
Iraqi saidWhat we're seeing very explicitly from the Israeli political echelon and even from the military plans, is that they actually want to lay the groundwork and begin moving towards the de-population of Gaza,
Amjad Iraqi of the International Crisis Group, a global conflict prevention organization, told DWWe were inspecting the remains of our home,
Azzam told AFP
There's no explicit statement [from Israel] that says we are cutting off humanitarian aid in order to force people to flee but it's a reasonable supposition,
Nathan Brown, professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University, told DWLife and death have become one and the same for us,
he said after fleeing for the eighth timeThere is no longer any taste to life,
Ihab Suliman, a former university professor in Gaza, told news agency AP this weekWe tell them to be patient and that we will bring flour in the morning,
he saidBut of course, if you bombard the territory, force the population within the Gaza Strip to move from one space to another and then cut off humanitarian aid, that makes what Israel calls a voluntary departure from Gaza look an awful lot less voluntary,
he saidThere will be full control of traffic that will be allowed to enter and to cross. That means if the time comes that Israel will allow humanitarian aid into Gaza, the control of the convoys will be under more close control,
Dangot added
Last night in the Gaza Strip, we switched gears. The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) is seizing territory, striking the terrorists and destroying the infrastructure,
Netanyahu said in a video speech on WednesdayWe are also doing something else: We are seizing the Morag Corridor. This will be the second Philadelphi, an additional Philadelphi Corridor,
he addedIt means Israel or the IDF is going through a very clear process in order to keep areas under closed control by military forces that prevent movement from area to area,
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The government has not yet presented a viable diplomatic framework that will translate the military achievements into realizing the war objectives over time and justify the prices paid for them,
said Assaf Orion, a retired Israeli brigadier general who is now a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy
We are slicing up the enclave,
he said, vowing to continue "striking militants and destroying infrastructure."
Hamas has decided not to follow up on the latest Israeli proposal presented through the mediators
said one of the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity
I condemn the attack by the Israeli army on a medical and emergency convoy on 23 March, resulting in the killing of 15 medical personnel and humanitarian workers in Gaza,
said Volker Turk, the UN high commissioner for human rights
I've been going from bakery to bakery all morning, but none of them are operating. They're all closed,
Amina al-Sayed told Agence France-Presse (AFP).Hamas will lay down its weapons. Its leaders will be allowed to leave."
In the "final stage," Netanyahu saidThe situation is very difficult in Gaza; there is no flour, no bread, no food or water,
he said