The Israeli Army begins to call on reservists for a planned expansion to the Gaza offensive

The Israeli military began to call on tens of thousands of reservists to “strengthen” their operations in Gaza.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said this “increases the pressure” in order to return hostages held in gas and defeat Hamas fighters.

Critics say that the recent military offensive, after ending the fire, has failed to guarantee the release of captives and raise a question for the purposes of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the conflict.

According to the plan, the military said it would operate in new areas and “destroy the whole infrastructure” above and underground.

The Israeli security cabinet is expected to approve military expansion when it meets on Sunday.

International negotiations failed to achieve a new deal to end the fire and the release of the other 59 hostages held by Hamas – 24 of which are thought to be alive.

Israeli hostages were not released as Israel resumed its offensive on March 18 after the collapse of a two -month ceasefire with Hamas.

Since then, Israel has seized large areas of gas, again displacing hundreds of thousands of gazan.

Israel said his goal is to put pressure on Hamas, a strategy that includes a blockade of humanitarian aid that has existed for more than two months.

Assistance agencies reporting a sharp shortage of food, water and medicines have said it is a starvation policy that may be a war crime, an accusation that Israel rejects.

The enlarged offensive will exert more exhausted on the exhausted reservists, some of whom have been prepared five or six times since the beginning of the war and will renew the concerns of the hostage families who have called on the government to reach a deal with Hamas, saying that this is the only way to save those who are still alive.

The measure will also raise new questions about Netanyahu’s real intentions in Gaza.

He is often accused by families and opponents of hostages in sabotaging negotiations for a deal and for extending the war for political purposes, accusations he denies.

And almost 19 months in the war, he did not present a day plan.

The military presented to Netanyahu their planned step -by -step offensive in Gaza on Friday, according to local media.

In recent weeks, thousands of Israeli reservists have signed letters requiring the Netanyahu government to stop the fighting and concentrate instead of reaching a deal to return the hostages.

On Saturday night, there were new protests in Israel calling for the end of the conflict.

In Tel Aviv, a hostage’s mother, who remains captive, called him a “unnecessary war”.

The Israeli military said on Sunday that two more Israeli soldiers had been killed in Gaza.

Earlier on Sunday a rocket shot from Yemen landed near the main terminal of Israeli Airport Ben Gurion The Israeli authorities said.

In Gaza, the Hamas Health Ministry said that by 11:05 local time (09:05 BST), 40 people were killed in the previous 24 hours on Sunday and another 125 were injured.

The Israeli military launched a campaign to destroy Hamas in response to an unprecedented cross -border attack on October 7, 2023, which killed about 1,200 people and 251 others were taken hostage.

At least 52,535 Palestinians were killed in Gaza during the subsequent war, according to the health ministry in the territory.

Of these, 2436 were killed since March 18, when Israel restarted its offensive in the Gaza Strip, the ministry said.