Israel intensifies offensive against Hamas in Gaza City, mobilizing reserve personnel to seize terrorist organization’s stronghold

Israel says it has launched the next phase of its offensive to capture Gaza City, one of Hamas terrorist organization’s last strongholds. Israel is currently mobilizing tens of thousands of reserve military personnel to participate in this operation and warning Palestinian civilians to evacuate the area. Israel Defense Forces released a video on Wednesday, September 3, showing Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir meeting with troops outside Gaza City and quoting him as saying, ‘We have entered the second stage of Operation Gideon to achieve the goal of this war: bringing our hostages back home – which is a moral and national mission – and we will continue to target Hamas’s core until it is defeated.’ Israel announced last month…