Israel launched a ground operation in Gaza amid accusations of genocide. What the media is writing
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The Israeli military has launched a ground operation in Gaza City, intending to destroy the radical Hamas group. The United States has approved the escalation of the conflict. At the same time, the UN classified Tel Aviv's actions in the Gaza Strip as genocide. What the media write about the new round of hostilities is in the Izvestia digest.
Axios: Israeli military began occupation of Gaza City
On the evening of September 15, the Israeli military launched a ground operation to occupy Gaza City. The government of Benjamin Netanyahu said that this operation is aimed at eradicating the radical group Hamas. A senior official from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that ground forces entered Gaza City on Monday and additional forces would join them in the coming days.
Axios
Over the past week, the Israeli military has intensified airstrikes on Gaza City and destroyed dozens of high-rise buildings that they claim were used by Hamas for military purposes. At the same time, the Israel Defense Forces called on a million Palestinians from Gaza City to leave it and move south to "humanitarian zones." According to the Israel Defense Forces, about 300,000 Palestinians have left Gaza at the moment.
The Israeli offensive began a few hours after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Netanyahu and senior members of his cabinet. Two Israeli officials said Rubio conveyed to Netanyahu that the administration of US President Donald Trump supports the ground operation, but wants it to be implemented quickly and completed as soon as possible. The American official said that the Trump administration is not going to stop Israel and will allow it to make its own decisions regarding the war in Gaza.
Bloomberg: Rubio goes to Qatar to convince to resume negotiations with Hamas
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio flew from Israel to Qatar on the morning of September 16, where, according to him, he will try to convince its leader to resume mediation talks. Qatar was outraged by the Israeli rocket attack on its capital Doha, which was carried out a week ago and targeted Hamas representatives in a residential area.
Bloomberg
"We know they're upset about this," Rubio told reporters before flying to Qatar, a key U.S. ally and the location of the largest U.S. military base in the Middle East. The United States maintains a close partnership with Qatar, and "we appreciate and respect" its mediation efforts between Hamas and Israel, he said.
Standing next to Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Monday, Rubio supported Israel's goal of destroying Hamas on the battlefield. The United States wants the group to negotiate, lay down its arms and release the 48 hostages it is still holding, but "eventually a military operation may be required to eliminate them." Rubio also suggested that the Abraham Accords — a series of agreements through which several Arab countries, including the UAE, recognized Israel five years ago — could be expanded.
The Times of Israel: Netanyahu asked to postpone corruption trial over Gaza offensive
At the opening of the corruption trial, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that Israel had "launched an intensive operation in Gaza City." He made this statement as part of a request to be excused from testifying in the usual manner due to "important events taking place."
The Times of Israel
The Israel Defense Forces said it had "begun destroying the Hamas infrastructure in Gaza City," confirming the start of a large-scale offensive in the area. "The city of Gaza is considered a dangerous war zone, staying in this area puts you at risk," said Colonel Avichai Adrai, an Arabic—speaking spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces.
Civilians are ordered to leave the territory immediately and head to the humanitarian zone designated by Israel in the southern Gaza Strip. According to Adrai, at the moment, more than 40% of the approximately one million residents of the city "have left the city for the sake of their safety and the safety of their loved ones."
The Guardian: Gulf leaders urge Trump to rein in Israel
Gulf leaders meeting for an emergency summit in Qatar have called on the Trump administration to use its influence to rein in Israel after an attempt to assassinate Hamas negotiators in Doha. The day before, Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani condemned the attack as a "cowardly and treacherous attack on Qatar's sovereignty."
The Guardian
In a statement following the summit, the Gulf Arab Cooperation Council (GCC) said its joint military command would be tasked with "taking the necessary executive measures to activate joint defense mechanisms and deterrent capabilities in the Persian Gulf." The statement said an assessment would be conducted of "the defense position of the Joint Defense Council and the sources of threat in light of the aggression against Qatar," but did not provide additional details.
The leaders refrained from any immediate economic or political repression against Israel, such as the suspension of the Abraham Accords. The absence of any specific retaliatory measures in the joint statement will be a relief for the United States, which is trying to prevent a complete collapse of Arab-Israeli relations or even an escalation of the conflict. However, during the discussion that is to take place within the framework of the GCC Joint Defense Command, some Arab countries may call on the states of the region to end their dependence on the United States as a source of security.
Al Jazeera: The UN calls the war in the Gaza Strip genocide
A United Nations investigation has concluded that Israel's war in the Gaza Strip is genocide, marking a turning point after almost two years of conflict. Navi Pillay, Chairman of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry into the events in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, made a statement about the UN investigation.
Al Jazeera
"We have identified the president [Yitzhak Herzog], the Prime Minister [Binyamin] Netanyahu and former Defense Minister [Yoav Gallant] based on their statements and the orders they gave," Pillay said in an interview. "Since these three were government employees, the state is legally responsible. Therefore, we declare that it was the State of Israel that committed the genocide," she added.
According to the report, the commission found that along with the statements of Israeli officials, there was "indirect evidence" that led to conclusions that they had genocidal intentions. The Commission concluded that the Israeli authorities and Israeli security forces have a genocidal intention to destroy, in whole or in part, the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the report says.
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