Israel resumed attacks on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday morning, but has led air and sea strikes so far. The army published photographs of soldiers and tanks entering the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli troops withdrew at the end of January from the Necarim Corridor, leading from the border with Israel to the Mediterranean, as part of a two-month ceasefire interrupted on Tuesday. The army had been stationed until then in a buffer region along the Israeli border, as well as in the Philadelphia Corridor, or belt close the border with Egypt.
Al-Jazira tv reported that Israeli soldiers blocked the Salah al-Din way on Wednesday, 1 of the 2 main roads leading from north to south of the Gaza Strip. Israeli Army on Tuesday and Wednesday issued evacuation orders for civilians in areas adjacent to the buffer zonewhat the media considered to be preparations for land activities. According to the Gaza local authorities since Tuesday over 400 people were killed in Israeli attacks, most women and children.
Israel offensive in Gaza
Israel began a fresh offensive, stressing that this was a reaction to Hamas' rejection of further proposals to extend the truce. The negotiations on this issue are stuck in the deadlock. The Israeli government pressed Hamas to agree to extend the first phase of the ceasefire in exchange for the release of more hostages and promise to negociate a permanent truce in the future.
Hamas wants the release of the kidnapped to be a warrant of the end of the war as provided for in the first agenda of the agreement.
Hamas declares it is inactive ready to talk, but first the fighting must be stopped. There is no information that the militants of this organization have attacked Israel or the soldiers of this country since Tuesday.
