Response from Jerusalem

Further expanding military operations in Gaza was decided last night the limited composition of Israeli Council of Ministers, responsible for security and defense issues (KYSEA), resulting in the bombardment of Han Juni’s area of ​​Han Younis. According to Palestinian sources, a total of 23 people died, including Salah al-Bardauil, a member of Hamas’ political office, and his wife. Israeli land operations continue to focus on Rafa, and earlier this morning the army ordered its inhabitants to abandon it.

However, journalistic leaks say that the prime ministerial environment is intense from the yesterday’s statements by US special envoy, Steven Whitkov, about Hamas’ possibility in the regime of future, post -war, governance.

180 -degree turn?

Specifically, speaking to Podkast by American journalist Tucker Carlson, posted online yesterday, Friday (21/3), Witkov reiterated his position that “Hamas should be disarmed”, adding that “it could” be active “. “Hamas is not as extreme as it is,” he said, saying that the United States “should understand what Hamas wants and then think about how they can persuade her to leave Gaza.” In Israel, these statements are interpreted as a 180 -degree turn compared to what Steven Whitkov had said on the US television network Fox News, when he had expressed the position that “Hamas should be disarmed and abandoned” because “there is no other”.

The Israeli response

The Israeli political leadership, at least so far, has not made any official statement or commentary on the new – perhaps – views of the US Special Envoy, obviously awaiting a relative position on the part of US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, or Mark Rubio. On the other hand, however, yesterday’s Israeli Kyssa seems to have decided to respond by actions.

Thus, during last night’s government meeting, the proposal of the Minister of Defense, Israel Kats, was adopted by the administrative measures that will be implemented in the logic of the “evacuation plan” proposed by the Trump governance and is supported by Prime Minister Nani. Specifically, the beam of administrative measures adopted by the Israeli government provides for the bureaucratic process to be applied to Gaza residents who will declare that they wish to abandon their homes voluntarily, defining the land, sea and airlines with their territories.