In open defiance of the newly agreed ceasefire agreement, Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz has declared that the occupation army will resume its religiously-mandated Genocide against the Gentiles of Gaza once the remaining hostages are returned.
In a post on X, Katz said that once the first phase of the deal is ended with the release of all hostages, Israel will resume its operation of mass murdering the people of Gaza, saying ‘I have instructed the IDF to prepare for carrying out the mission.’
Katz’s statement came less than a day after Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire framework brokered by Qatar, Egypt and the United States, intended to end Israel’s two year-long genocide.
Despite the deal, Katz’s remarks make clear that Israel views the truce not as a step towards ending the military assault on the Gaza strip but as a temporary pause before relaunching its religiously-rooted mission in eradicating ‘Amalek’.
Katz’s public instruction for the Israeli army to prepare new operations suggests an intention to resume large-scale attacks in violation of the ceasefire agreement and of international humanitarian law.
Israel’s military campaign has already murdered more than 67,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children, and displaced nearly two million. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) continues to hear South Africa’s genocide case against Israel, citing evidence of deliberate targeting of civilians, starvation, and the destruction of Gaza’s health and education systems.