As the Israel Defense Forces calls up 60,000 reservists and begins operations on the outskirts of Gaza City, the military is in the final stages of a major force buildup for the next phase of the war against Hamas.

An IDF spokesperson has described the coming phase as a gradual and precise ground operation to dismantle Hamas’s last remaining military and governing stronghold.

The operation is being conducted in parallel with a large-scale humanitarian effort to facilitate the evacuation of the remaining civilian population in Gaza City, a process that Hamas is brutally attempting to block in order to use residents as human shields, Israeli military sources have stated.

The military buildup comes as Hamas, seeking to abort the operation, claimed to make an offer for a “comprehensive deal

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