“The Israelis are confident that the bomb will kill everyone within an 800m radius.”
National Guard urges Gaza residents to evacuate… “Operation begins after civilians leave”
There are predictions that Israel plans to attack the Gaza Strip by dropping Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) between the 15th and 16th.
According to the Times of Israel on the 15th (local time), American investigative journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hershey quoted a source as saying that the bomb would completely destroy the Gaza Strip between the 15th and 16th.
“Currently, Israeli war planners are convinced that a more powerful Joint Precision Bomb with a larger warhead will penetrate as deep as 30 to 50 meters underground before detonating, killing everyone within a radius of about 800 meters,” the source said. “He told me,” he said.
He continued, “If the joint precision direct strike is approved, depending on how effectively the forced evacuation order for Gaza residents is carried out, (shelling) will take place as early as the 15th or 16th, and a ground invasion will immediately follow.”
The Israeli military announced a large-scale ground operation and repeatedly urged civilians in the Gaza Strip to evacuate. The plan is to begin full-scale operations after civilians leave the area.
A spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on this day, “Israel is planning to launch a ‘significant military operation,’” and reiterated, “Residents of the northern Gaza Strip should heed warnings to evacuate to the south.”
The IDF also notified UN staff to move to the southern Gaza Strip within 24 hours.
IDF spokesman Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus confirmed to CNN: “What is important is that we will begin a significant military operation once we have confirmed that civilians have left the area.”
“It is really important to let the people of Gaza know that we have been very lenient,” he said. “We have given them ample warning for more than 25 hours. “I cannot emphasize too much that now is the time for Gaza residents to leave,” he said.
Source: Donga
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