Posted on 03/18/25
| News Source: JPost
The Israeli security cabinet convened an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss a culmination of alerts over the past few weeks that indicate that Hamas has been making preparations for another invasion into Israeli territory, N12 reported.
Separately, Defense Minister Israel Katz reiterated these concerns in a meeting with the Otef Israel Forum, a group primarily composed of residents from the Gaza border region, on Tuesday morning,
"There are constant preparations being made by Hamas for an invasion [into Israel], similar to October 7," Katz said in the meeting.
"We must strike them and completely finish the job through both offense and defense," Katz added. "This is the goal that drives me."
According to the report, security forces have identified a sharp increase in Hamas's efforts to carry out attacks against the IDF in Gaza, potentially indicating a desire to prepare for an incursion into Israel.
Hamas issued a statement later on Tuesday claiming, "The occupation’s claims that the resistance had made preparations to attack its troops are baseless and false pretexts to justify its return to the war and escalation of its bloody aggression."