Following the discovery of some hostages who had been killed by Hamas militants’ recent kidnapping, the Israeli military has revealed its next course of action.
The hostages’ bodies were reportedly discovered last week during operations inside Gaza, according to Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner, a spokesman for the Israeli military, who spoke at a briefing yesterday.
Gistlover understands that Lerner stated during a press briefing that “We have found and located some bodies in the perimeter in the Gaza Strip of Israelis that were abducted.”
Israel had previously claimed that at least 120 people had been kidnapped when Hamas militants attacked Israel on October 7 and at least 1,300 people were killed.
The Israeli military has since carried out what it called “localized raids” inside Gaza to support an air campaign over the region, which the Hamas government claims has resulted in at least 2,215 fatalities.
Lerner provided additional information about the recent operation, stating that the hostage bodies were found during these “small, close-perimeter raids into the Gaza Strip,” noting that the Israeli military had conducted airstrikes on thousands of Hamas targets in Gaza.
“They include top-quality targets like drone facilities, naval facilities, command and control facilities, and all rocket facilities.
According to Lerner’s analysis, Hamas has fled into the tunnels and is currently in a state of disarray. They are unaware of the situation above ground.
Lerner did not specify a deadline for evacuating civilians from north Gaza, so the Israeli government remained mum on whether more time would be given before an anticipated full-scale ground offensive.
On the other hand, he added that they had “extended once again because we realized that there is a tremendous amount of people that need to get out. We’re still urging those living in Gaza City and the northern part of the Gaza Strip to flee north and away from danger “.
Lior Haiat, the spokeswoman for the foreign ministry, was cited by journalists as saying that Israel does not demand that Palestinians leave Gaza, only that they leave the north.
According to reports, Haiat said, “We gave them (civilians) the time to do so, and we will continue to give civilians time to leave the places that we think Hamas is using for its terrorist infrastructure.”