On the 20th local time, the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement issued a statement condemning the Israeli military's approval of the “Gideon Chariot 2” military operation. Hamas said that Israel's move “continued the 22-month war of genocide” and ignored the mediators' efforts to push for a cease-fire and exchange of detainees. Hamas has recently agreed to the latest cease-fire plan proposed by the mediators, but the Israeli government persists in the war in an attempt to destroy Gaza and force the population to be displaced. The statement stressed that the “Gideon Chariot 2” operation would not be successful and that the Israeli military would be unable to achieve the stated goals, and called on the mediators to increase pressure on Israel to stop the “policy of genocide and starvation.”

On the 20th local time, the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement issued a statement condemning the Israeli military's approval of the “Gideon Chariot 2” military operation. Hamas said that Israel's move “continued the 22-month war of genocide” and ignored the mediators' efforts to push for a cease-fire and exchange of detainees. Hamas has recently agreed to the latest cease-fire plan proposed by the mediators, but the Israeli government persists in the war in an attempt to destroy Gaza and force the population to be displaced. The statement stressed that the “Gideon Chariot 2” operation would not be successful and that the Israeli military would be unable to achieve the stated goals, and called on the mediators to increase pressure on Israel to stop the “policy of genocide and starvation.”