The Israeli navy is developing infrastructure, increasing roads, and establishing giant services in Gaza, signaling plans to stay within the enclave at the least till the tip of 2025, an Israeli newspaper reported Wednesday.
“The work is progressing rapidly. What was once a dirt embankment littered with rubble from destroyed buildings just months ago is now a bustling construction site. Wide roads are being laid, cellular antennas are being erected, and networks for water, sewage, and electricity are being installed, alongside various buildings, some temporary and others more permanent,” Haaretz reported.
“The development momentum is in full swing, and the goal – whether it is discussed openly or not – is clear: building the infrastructure for the military’s prolonged stay in the field, at least in the first stage.”
According to the Israeli each day, the military is appearing to carry no fewer than 4 giant areas in several elements of the Palestinian enclave.
Regarding the Netzarim Axis, which hyperlinks the far japanese and western elements of the Gaza Strip, Haaretz mentioned, “After extensive groundwork in the surrounding area, it is not a road but rather a large area with no buildings. Instead of homes, a road; instead of a neighborhood, desert.”
“The corridor, which leads to the former site of the Netzarim settlement, is five to six kilometers (three to four miles) wide and about nine kilometers long.”
Sources informed Haaretz that the size should not remaining and the military “is currently working to widen it even more.”
This route is likely one of the details of rivalry in Gaza cease-fire talks, as Hamas insists on a whole Israeli withdrawal, whereas Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls for a mechanism to forestall Palestinian fighters from shifting from southern to northern Gaza.
The newspaper mentioned that the third space is the Salah al-Din (Philadelphi) Corridor on the southern border between Gaza and Egypt.
“The army has already flattened large expanses on either side of it: about one kilometer in some places, as many as three in others. The political leadership has even asked for an additional kilometer, but military sources say that four kilometers is unfeasible in some areas because it would mean destroying entire neighborhoods in Rafah. That would likely anger the international community,” Haaretz mentioned.
The fourth and longest space, based on the report, is a strip alongside the japanese border between Gaza and Israel.
“It’s a buffer zone at least a kilometer deep between the Israeli communities near the Gazan border and the first houses inside Gaza. The goal is to keep the threat of antitank missiles further from Israelis’ homes. The means is by destroying entire neighborhoods.”
“The way it looks on the ground, the Israeli army won’t leave Gaza before 2026,” an officer in one of many brigades preventing in Gaza informed Haaretz.
Israel has continued its devastating offensive on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, 2023. The onslaught has killed greater than 43,700 folks and rendered the enclave virtually uninhabitable.
Israel faces a genocide case on the International Court of Justice for its lethal battle on Gaza.
Source: www.dailysabah.com