The Gaza Strip is once again under fire after the Israeli Prime Minister announced the resumption of military operations against the Gaza Strip. According to reports, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken hastily concluded his visit to Israel and left for the United Arab Emirates. At the same time, IDF soldiers opened fire on the outskirts of the Sheikh Radwan area in the northern Gaza Strip. Qatar's Al Jazeera revealed that Israeli Air Force aircraft could be seen over the Gaza Strip and that Israeli army vehicles were in the northwestern part of the Gaza Strip**. New Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have killed 109 people and injured hundreds, according to Zidra, a spokesman for the Gaza Strip's health department. Netanyahu said that Israel** will be committed to achieving the three major goals of the war: freeing all hostages, eliminating Hamas, and ensuring that Gaza never poses a threat to the Israeli people. This declaration is expected to face significant challenges, as the issue of the release of the hostages remains controversial. During this truce, 83 Israeli hostages, including dual citizens, were released from Hamas's custody, and 24 foreign hostages, namely 23 Thais and one Filipino.
Israel currently claims that some 125 people are still being held hostage by Hamas, including some Israeli soldiers, and are seen as the main bargaining chips in the negotiations. At least 11 soldiers, including four women, and about 40 men of reserve age have been abducted, according to AFP. In 2004, Israel released some 450 prisoners for the bodies of an Israeli businessman and three soldiers. In 2011, Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released after five years in custody in the Gaza Strip in exchange for 1,027 Palestinian prisoners, including Yahya Sinwar, leader of the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, believed to be the mastermind of the October 7 attacks. Shalit became the first Israeli soldier to return alive in nearly 30 years. It is conceivable that it will be difficult for Israel to release all the hostages, unless it meets Hamas's demands. The goal of eradicating Hamas completely is also difficult to achieve. Hamas has been operating in Gaza for many years, and its power is entrenched and hidden among civilians, and it will not be easy for Israel to completely eliminate it.
On December 1, Russia's TASS news agency reported that Israel** said that after the end of the Gaza operation, Israeli intelligence plans to hunt down and eliminate the leader of the Palestinian organization Hamas around the world. Intelligence agencies are allegedly working on plans to find the hideouts of Hamas leaders in Lebanon, Turkey and Qatar, among other places, on the orders of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Wall Street has reported that Israel and the United States are discussing plans to expel thousands of Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip in order to shorten the duration of hostilities. Whatever the approach, the complete elimination of Hamas will not be an easy task for Israel. As for the complete elimination of the threat to the Israeli people from Gaza, it is even more difficult. As long as Israel does not recognize the establishment of a Palestinian state and continues to oppress the people of Gaza, Gaza will continue to resist, and it will be impossible for the Palestinians and Israelis to live together peacefully. Today, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has made three visits to Israel to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but with little success. This time, in particular, before Blinken left, the battle had already begun, directly indicating that Israel had failed to achieve the results expected by the United States.
It will be possible for Israel to rein in its military operations only if the international community exerts greater pressure on Israel to maintain a truce for a long time.