According to Central Television news reports, the Israeli Defense Forces intensified airstrikes and artillery strikes on Gaza City in the north of the Gaza Strip between the evening of 15th and the early morning of 16th, with military tanks entering Gaza City. Meanwhile, Arab leaders at an emergency summit in Qatar called on U.S. President Trump to use his influence to stop Israel’s current attacks.
In Israel, Defense Army Chief of Staff Eyal Zamil was exposed to intense quarrels with Prime Minister Netanyahu’s cabinet ministers at the meeting. Zamil has been concerned about the “attack on Gaza City” and he believes this will not destroy Hamas, but will also cause the casualties of Israeli soldiers and Israeli detainees.
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According to reports, a report from Palestine showed that on the evening of 15th, the Israeli army launched 37 violent attacks on Gaza City in just 20 minutes and also activated combat helicopters. Palestinians described a "belt of fire" in Gaza City, and the night sky was dyed orange. Witnesses said that Israeli tanks entered the streets of the city center, causing a large number of residents to flee in panic. "It was a'hell of a night '."
After U.S. Secretary of State Rubio's visit to reiterate U.S. support, the Israeli side officially launched a ground military offensive on Gaza City. Rubio told Netanyahu that the Trump administration supported his ground operations but hoped he would have a "fast war decision." Rubio said his priority at the moment was to destroy Hamas and save Israeli detainees.
Rubio did not repeat previous criticism of “Israel’s airstrikes on Qatar” in his public speech to Netanyahu, according to the report. The U.S. government has already had a crack between this important Middle Eastern ally after the Israeli airstrikes on Qatar. Rubio is said to stay in Doha on his way to London on Tuesday (16).
Just as Israel launched a fierce attack on Gaza City, the leaders of the League of Arab States and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation held an emergency summit in Doha and stated in a joint statement after the meeting that they would work to suspend Israel's membership in the United Nations. On the same day, a special meeting of the Supreme Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) was also held in Doha. "We (a group of leaders) hope that the United States can use its influence over Israel to stop Israel," GCC Secretary-General Jassim Mohammed Boudavi said after the meeting.
It is noteworthy that the leaders of the GCC member states also issued a statement after the meeting saying that the Gulf countries agreed to strengthen common defense mechanisms after Israel attacked the Hamas leadership’s office in Doha.
Some analysts said that the main purpose of the Qatar Summit is to show the support of many countries for Qatar. Its condemnation of Israel is more on paper than substantive economic or political retaliation, which may make the United States sigh of relief. However, in view of Netanyahu's recent actions, many Arab leaders said that they needed to see substantive evidence that "Trump can control Netanyahu".
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In a parliamentary committee on Friday, Zamilly admitted that he knew nothing about the targets of the attack, “the prime minister didn’t tell us what to do next, and we didn’t know how to prepare.”
Anonymous sources that Zamil had a big quarrel with the ministers who attended the meeting, and I was preparing for ground action, and was also summoning the reserves."Zamil then asked the ministers present: "Shouldn't your negotiating group be full of the world? why should we rely on the United States?" and then he spoke to Mossad chief David Barney: "Why are you still sitting here?
Strategic Affairs Secretary Ron Delmer replied to Zamir: "You expected the United States to not participate in our bombing campaign against Iran's nuclear facilities, but it turned out that you were wrong." Delmer said that the reason why this framework of the agreement proposed by the United States is on the table now is because we didn't listen to you. Zamir yelled back, "Then accept this agreement!"
Netanyahuly accused Zamil of leaking information at the meeting. Netanyahu waved the media reports about the “Zamil Opposition (Gaza City) Attack” and asked Zamil: “What is this? we have made a decision, your task is to execute.”
The Israeli Army’s chief of staff is known to have served as Israeli military commander at the highest level. Zamilly stressed at the meeting that the attack could kill soldiers and worsen Israeli international relations. Another survey showed that most Israelis, especially the families of the detainees, hoped to reach an agreement with Hamas to release the detainees and end the fighting. It was that the families of the detainees now demanded an emergency meeting with the government to express concerns about ground operations.
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