2025-04-15
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The generals wanted the operation launched on April 1st to go unnoticed until their soldiers had taken up secure positions.
But the politicians were quick to crow.
The Israel Defense Force, or IDF,
had embarked on a new operation to smash and clean the area of terrorists,
said Israel's defense minister, Israel Katz.
It was aimed at capturing wide areas of Gaza and adding them to Israel's security zones,
he continued.
A few hours later, Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister,
put out a video in which he boasted that Israel was changing gear.
To the General's consternation,
he also disclosed the name and location of the operation, the Morag Route.
It was a message to his nationalist base.
Morag was a small Israeli settlement,
nestled between Rafah and Khan Yunis, when Israel occupied all of Gaza.
Now Israeli troops are back.