以色列有开始了地面行动在加沙市，以色列国防军总参谋长埃亚尔扎米尔中将星期二说。
“我们将增加和加强我们行动的打击力度，这就是我们打电话给你的原因，”扎米尔用希伯来语对最近几周被征召服役的预备役人员说。"我们已经开始了在加沙的地面行动."
以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡星期二也向以色列国防军预备役人员发表了讲话。
内塔尼亚胡在希伯来语的视频信息中说:“我想加强和表达我对你们，以色列国防军士兵和预备役士兵以及你们的家人的深切感谢。”“现在我们正面临决定性的阶段。我相信你，我信任你，整个国家都拥护你。”
内塔尼亚胡批准了军方的占领加沙城的计划上个月。
上个月，以色列国防部长伊斯雷尔·卡茨警告说加沙城可能“变成拉法和拜特哈嫩”被以色列袭击摧毁的地区，除非哈马斯同意以色列的停火条件。
“很快，地狱之门将向加沙的哈马斯谋杀者和强奸犯的头上打开——直到他们同意以色列结束战争的条件，主要是释放所有人质并解除他们的武装。如果他们不同意，哈马斯的首都加沙将成为拉法和拜特哈嫩。正如我所承诺的——它将会实现。
以色列的要求包括释放所有被哈马斯扣押的人质，哈马斯放弃对加沙地带的控制，哈马斯离开加沙地带。
今年5月，以色列接受了美国提出的60天停火协议，其中只包括释放一些人质，但哈马斯拒绝了这一建议，因为它没有保证永久停火，而这正是哈马斯在几轮谈判中要求的。内塔尼亚胡从未同意从加沙地带完全撤出以色列军队，这使得谈判陷入僵局。
周二，内塔尼亚胡的一名高级顾问告诉ABC新闻，以色列政府概述了他们需要看到的结束战争的五项原则:拆除哈马斯的军事和政治能力;立即释放所有人质;加沙的非军事化;在“可预见的未来”，以色列在加沙拥有“压倒一切的安全控制权”;以及在加沙建立一个将哈马斯和巴勒斯坦权力机构排除在外的民政当局。
据哈马斯控制的卫生部称，在过去24小时内，加沙地带至少有76人死亡，281人受伤。据卫生部称，遇难者中有12人试图获得人道主义援助，另有90人受伤。
该部周二上午表示，过去24小时内，加沙各地共有13人饿死，其中包括3名儿童。该部表示，自2023年10月7日以来，加沙各地至少有361人死于营养不良，其中包括130名儿童。
卫生部表示，在8月份，加沙共有185名成人和儿童因营养不良死亡，称这是“几个月来最高的数字”
世界粮食危机的权威机构IPC确定不到两周前发生了饥荒。IPC本身并不宣布饥荒，但其饥荒判定可被国家和机构(如联合国)用于宣布饥荒。
甚至在饥荒确定之前，100多个援助团体将加沙严重的食物短缺描述为“大规模饥荒”，因为“以色列政府的围困让加沙人民挨饿。”
这些组织警告说，一些援助人员现在正在加入加沙的食品队伍，称他们“冒着被枪杀的风险，只是为了养活家人。”据联合国称，救援物资分发中心周围反复发生的致命枪击事件已造成数百人死亡。
Israel begins ground operation in Gaza City, IDF says
Israel hasbegun its ground operationin Gaza City, Israel Defense Forces Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said Tuesday.
"We are going to increase and enhance the strikes of our operation, and that is why we called you," Zamir said in Hebrew, addressing reservists who have been called up to serve in recent weeks. "We have already begun the ground operation in Gaza [City]."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also released a message addressing IDF reservists Tuesday.
"I want to strengthen and express my deep appreciation to you, IDF soldiers and reserve soldiers and your families," Netanyahu said in the video message in Hebrew. "Now we are facing the decisive stage. I believe in you, I trust you and the entire nation embraces you."
Netanyahu approved the military'splans to seize Gaza Citylast month.
Last month, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned thatGaza City could "turn into Rafah and Beit Hanoun,"areas that were destroyed by Israeli strikes, unless Hamas agreed to Israel's terms for a ceasefire.
"Soon, the gates of hell will open on the heads of Hamas' murderers and rapists in Gaza -- until they agree to Israel's conditions for ending the war, primarily the release of all hostages and their disarmament. If they do not agree -- Gaza, the capital of Hamas, will become Rafah and Beit Hanoun. Exactly as I promised -- so it will be," Katz said in a post on X.
Israel's demands include the release of all hostages being held by Hamas, Hamas giving up control of governing the Gaza Strip and Hamas leaving the strip.
In May, Israel accepted a U.S.-proposed 60-day truce that included the release of only some hostages, but Hamas rejected the proposal because it did not guarantee a permanent ceasefire, something Hamas has called for in several rounds of negotiations. Netanyahu has never agreed to fully withdraw Israeli troops from the strip, which has left negotiations stalled.
On Tuesday, a senior adviser to Netanyahu told ABC News the Israeli government has outlined five principles they would need to see to end the war: the dismantling of Hamas' military and political capabilities; the immediate release of all hostages; the demilitarization of Gaza; Israel having "overriding security control" in Gaza for the "foreseeable future"; and the imposition of a civil authority in Gaza, which excludes Hamas and the Palestinian Authority.
At least 76 people were killed and 281 were injured in the Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours, according to the Hamas-run Ministry of Health. Among those killed were 12 people trying to get humanitarian aid and another 90 were injured, according to the health ministry.
Thirteen people, including three children, starved to death over the past 24 hours across Gaza, the ministry said Tuesday morning. Across Gaza, at least 361 people have died of malnutrition -- including 130 children -- since Oct. 7, 2023, the ministry said.
During the month of August, there were a total of 185 malnutrition-related deaths among adults and children in Gaza, the health ministry said, calling it "the highest number in months."
The world's leading authority on food crises -- the IPC -- determined there was a famine less than two weeks ago. The IPC itself does not declare a famine, but its famine determination can be used by states and bodies such as the United Nations to declare a famine.
Even before the famine determination was made,more than 100 aid groupsdescribed the dire food shortage in Gaza as "mass starvation," as the "Israeli government's siege starves the people of Gaza."
The organizations warned that some aid workers are now joining food lines in Gaza, saying they are "risking being shot just to feed their families." Repeated deadly shootings around aid distribution centers have killed hundreds, according to the United Nations.
