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The Israeli army started calling medical officers and worldwide organisations within the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday (August 21, 2025) to encourage them to evacuate the realm forward of the expanded operation. It comes the day after the army introduced the call-up of 60,000 reservists and the extension of 20,000 reservists at present serving to help the expanded operation.
Mr. Netanyahu is anticipated to provide his ultimate approval for the operation throughout a Security Cabinet assembly Thursday (August 21, 2025) evening, in keeping with an official who was not authorised to talk to the media.
The approval comes as no less than 36 Palestinians had been killed in strikes in central and southern Gaza Strip on Thursday (August 21, 2025), in keeping with native hospitals, and folks protested in Israel and Gaza.
Although Israel has focused and killed a lot of Hamas’ senior management, components of Hamas are actively regrouping and finishing up assaults, together with launching rockets in the direction of Israel, the official stated.
Israeli troops are already working within the metropolis’s Zeitoun neighbourhood and in Jabaliya, a refugee camp within the northern Gaza Strip, to arrange the groundwork for the expanded operation, which might start inside days.
The deliberate offensive, introduced earlier this month, comes throughout heightened worldwide condemnation of Israel’s restrictions on meals and drugs reaching Gaza and fears that many Palestinians can be compelled to flee.
United Nations’ chief Antonio Guterres repeated his name for an instantaneous ceasefire in Gaza on Thursday (August 21, 2025) as Israel ready to launch a brand new assault in Gaza City and different populated areas.
“I need to reiterate that it’s critical to succeed in instantly a ceasefire in Gaza, and the unconditional launch of all hostages to keep away from the large loss of life and destruction {that a} army operation in opposition to Gaza City would inevitably trigger,” Mr. Guterres instructed a information convention on the sidelines of the ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development hosted by Japan.
People protested in opposition to the growth of the struggle in Israel and Gaza on Thursday (August 21, 2025). In Gaza City, a whole bunch of individuals gathered, waving flags and posters amongst destroyed buildings, rubble and tents for the displaced in a uncommon present of opposition in opposition to the struggle and compelled migration.
Women and youngsters joined the protest, holding placards studying “Save Gaza” and “Stop the struggle, cease the savage assault, save us,” as Palestinian music performed within the background.
“We need the struggle on Gaza to cease. We don’t wish to migrate. Twenty-two months … it’s sufficient. Enough loss of life. Enough destruction,” stated Bisan Ghazal, a lady displaced from the japanese a part of Gaza City.
“We have misplaced greater than 10% of our residents, 85% of our buildings and infrastructure and far of our cultural and historic heritage,” stated Amjad Al-Shawa, director of the Palestinian NGO Network. “All of Gaza is threatened with destruction.”
In Israel, households of a few of the 50 hostages nonetheless being held in Gaza gathered in Tel Aviv to sentence the expanded operation. Israel believes round 20 hostages are nonetheless alive.
“Forty-two hostages had been kidnapped alive and murdered in captivity as a result of army stress and delay in signing a deal,” stated Dalia Cusnir, whose brother-in-law, Eitan Horn, continues to be being held captive. Eitan’s brother, Iair Horn, was launched over the past ceasefire.
“Enough to sacrifice the hostages. Enough to sacrifice the troopers, each common and reservists. Enough to sacrifice the evacuees. Enough to sacrifice the youthful technology within the nation,” stated Bar Goddard, the daughter of Meni Goddard, whose physique is being held by Hamas.
Additional protests are deliberate for Thursday (August 21, 2025) evening in Tel Aviv.
At least 36 folks had been killed on Thursday (August 21, 2025) in Gaza and the loss of life toll from lethal strikes Wednesday (August 20, 2025) in northern Gaza rose by one other 39 folks, Shifa hospital reported. Airstrikes killed 19 folks in central Gaza, together with 5 folks trying to get assist and eight folks sheltering at faculties for displaced folks, in keeping with Al Awda Hospital.
Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza stated no less than 9 folks had been killed trying to entry assist and eight folks had been killed in an airstrike close to Khan Younis.
The Israeli army didn’t have quick touch upon the strikes however has continuously accused Hamas of hiding army infrastructure in civilian areas.
In the central metropolis of Deir-al Balah, airstrikes destroyed no less than 100 tents of individuals displaced by the preventing, in keeping with Al Aqsa hospital, which is positioned close by.
Witnesses stated smoke rose from the focused space and fires unfold rapidly by means of the makeshift shelters. Civil defence groups rushed to the location, working to extinguish the flames. Families, lots of them with youngsters, had been left sifting by means of the ashes of what little that they had managed to carry with them throughout earlier evacuations.
Mohammad Kahlout, displaced from northern Gaza, voiced anger and despair on the repeated assaults on civilians.
“We got here to the secure zone, which they name secure. (We got) solely 5 minutes to collect our belongings, after which they bombed the camp,” he stated. “We are civilians, not terrorists. What is our fault, and what’s the fault of our kids, to be displaced once more? This is a camp for civilians, refugees. There is not any resistance or anybody.”
The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza stated Thursday (August 21, 2025) the loss of life toll from the Israel-Hamas struggle has reached 62,192.
Additionally, two extra folks have died from hunger and malnutrition, bringing the whole variety of such deaths to 271, together with 112 youngsters, the Health Ministry stated.
The Ministry is a part of the Hamas-run authorities and staffed by medical professionals. The Ministry doesn’t say how lots of the useless had been civilians or combatants, but it surely stated ladies and youngsters make up round half of them. The U.N. and plenty of unbiased consultants take into account its figures to be probably the most dependable estimate of wartime casualties. Israel disputes its toll however has not supplied its personal.
Hamas-led militants began the struggle after they attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 folks, principally civilians, and abducting 251. Most of the hostages have been launched in ceasefires or different offers. Hamas says it can solely free the remainder in trade for a long-lasting ceasefire and an Israeli withdrawal.
