Israeli Energy Minister Israel Katz assured this Thursday that “There will be no electricity or water” in the Gaza Strip until hostages taken by the Hamas terrorist group following its offensive on Saturday are released.

“Humanitarian aid to Gaza? There will be no electricity, drinking water or fuel until those abducted in Israel can return home,” Katz said in a message broadcast on X (formerly Twitter). At the same time, he emphasized that “humanitarianism is for humanism,” and clarified that “no one can teach Israel morality.”

It is estimated that some 150 people were kidnapped Palestinian armed group and taken to the Gaza Strip during Saturday’s incursion that killed more than 1,200 people in Israel.

This Thursday the Israeli army announced that they had already 81 families who should have been notified of the kidnapping of their relatives at the hands of Hamas, although the militants attacked about 130 hostages.

“We recognize that there is uncertainty “But we are trying to understand what is happening on the ground, and we must be accurate in our reporting,” IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) warned this Thursday that Hamas preparation for the “long war” given what he considers to be a “slow pace” of rocket launches from the Gaza Strip.

General Rafi Milo noted that the pace at which Hamas has carried out attacks over the past five days indicates that the Palestinian armed group is preparing for a long conflict in the area.

He explained that Hamas controls the rockets in such a way that “weeks of confrontation” continue and noted that they had significantly reduced the number of launches to “be able to afford it.”

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In this sense, he warned that the goal of the police central areas of Israelwho attack once or twice a day to keep the Israelis “under threat.”

Air raid sirens have I called again this morning in the center of the country after ten hours of calm.

For its part, the Israeli military is currently focused on locate and intensively bomb members of elite Hamas units in the Gaza Strip, but it has not yet been decided whether they will switch to ground operations in the near future, an army spokesman said this Thursday.

The Hamas surprise attack last Saturday that killed 1,300 people in Israel was planned selected and specially trained units The organization, known as the Nukba (Elite), was announced at a virtual press conference by military spokesman Lt. Col. Richard Hecht.

“We are now focused on making Nukbah pay the price. We’re focused on identifying these people, understanding their networks, and focusing on their infrastructure. We plan to complete each of them, The purpose of our espionage activities is to identify them, and we will kill every one of them. They will pay with their lives,” Hecht said.

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Last night, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised “to completely destroy and kill Hamas, ISIS (Islamic State) Gaza,” expecting that “it will disappear from the Earth, it will no longer exist.”

A spokesman today denied rumors that the army has already planning a ground invasion of the Gaza Stripalthough he noted that he is preparing for all unforeseen circumstances.

“We are preparing for the next stage of the war, which could be fought from the air, could be combined with air and sea… It depends on the political leaders, but nothing has been decided yet. The decision on a ground operation has not yet been made.”Hecht insisted.

The spokesman noted that Hamas’ attempts enter Israel especially by sea, and that the army had “intercepted several targets” while generally rebuilding, although not one hundred percent, the border fence destroyed in Saturday’s assault.

“We shoot everyone who approaches the fence. Nobody” he warned. He added that sporadic fighting with militants continues in Israel.

“Even though we are cleaning the area, because…It’s still a war zone and it will take some time for the cleaning to complete. Yesterday we killed five and captured two,” the soldier explained.

Hecht confirmed that the explosions in the Gaza Strip are more powerful than ever before, but He denied that these were massive and indiscriminate attacks. ensuring that the Army has specific intelligence on each target and continues to notify the occupants of a residential building before it is bombed to allow time for its evacuation.

Evidence from the Gaza Strip shows that this practice, once common, has not been observed in recent days, leading to a large number of deaths in the strip, which This morning there are already 1203 of them, according to the latest data from the Gaza Ministry of Health.

Hecht assured that each explosion is directed against Hamas leaders not only from the military, but also from the ideological side, mentioning how last success – coup against Muhammad Abu ShamlaAn operative in the organization’s naval sector.

On Tuesday, death as a result of explosions in Yoad Abu Shmala, Minister of Economy of the Gaza Strip and Zechariah Abu Maamar, Head of Internal Relations Department.

Hecht admitted not knowing what the ultimate war strategy will be“Because this will have to be decided by politicians,” he insisted.

“We are focused on destroy Hamas’ military capabilities in the Gaza Strip. The final game… I don’t know that. It’s up to the politicians to decide and it’s a hot potato, nothing has been decided yet. We’ll have to wait,” the military man concluded.

(according to information from Europe Press And EFE)