Israel has started the first stages of its planned attack on Gaza and has already established a base on the outskirts of the city, the Israeli military speaker Effie Defrin said, Reuters reports.
On August 20, the Israeli army (IDF) summoned 60,000 reserve to prepare a new operation in the Gaza Strip.
On August 13, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the Israeli Defense Army still has to control the last two "castles" of the Palestinian Hamas movement and destroy them. According to him, one of the "most important" is the city of Gaza.
