Still attacks with several dead
Netanyahu wants “immediate negotiations” to the end of the war
Updated on August 21, 2025 – 9:15 p.m.Reading time: 3 min.
Israel’s army is preparing for taking Gaza City. However, when visiting a troop in Gaza, Prime Minister Netanyahu is now responsible for negotiations.
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced the approval of a plan to take the city of Gaza, but at the same time promised new negotiations on a ceasefire with Hamas.
When visiting soldiers who are stationed in the Gaza Strip, Netanyahu said according to his office: “I came to confirm the plans of the army to take the city of Gaza and to victory over Hamas.” At the same time, he granted the instruction “immediately taking negotiations on the release of all of our hostages and the termination of the war on conditions that are acceptable for Israel”. Both go hand in hand.
According to Palestinian information, there were again numerous fatalities in the attacks in the Gaza Strip. 7 people were killed in the central Gaza Strip and 18 more injured, the AWDA Hospital said. The incident occurred near a distribution point for relief goods.
There were also many dead and injuries in attacks in the city of Gaza and Chan Junis in the south of the Gaza Strip, it said. There are also children among the victims. An Israeli army spokeswoman said that the reports were checked.
According to Israeli military information, Palestinian extremists have shot at a central entrance street for the transport of humanitarian relief supplies in the Gaza Strip. A floor was fired from an area near the Nasser Hospital in Chan Junis in the south of the Gaza Strip, the army said.
“The shooting took place during the passage of a truck convoy that was on the way to pick up relief supplies at the Kerem Schalom transition and hit the corridor at a distance of 300 meters,” said the message. It is an attempt to sabotage the import and distribution of relief goods.
The military Hamas arm, on the other hand, announced that a “command and control center and a meeting of enemy soldiers and vehicles were attacked southwest of the city of Rafah”.
Indirect negotiations of Israel and Hamas about a new ceasefire have so far been unsuccessful and were recently interrupted. However, the international intermediaries – the USA, Qatar and Egypt – are trying to resume contacts. According to media reports, Netanyahu wanted to approve the plans for taking the city of Gaza with a security consultation with Defense Minister Israel Katz and with military. At the beginning of the month, the security cabinet approved the intake of the largest city in the coastal strip and the evacuation of the population to the south.
