Analysts confirmed that Israel's setting of the holy month of Ramadan as a deadline for Hamas to release the hostages, or to proceed with an attack on Rafah, south of Gaza, may be part of the pressure exerted by Tel Aviv on the movement to accept the deal.

The American newspaper "The Wall Street Journal" reported, in an analysis it published, that Israel usually eases restrictions on Palestinians during the month of Ramadan in East Jerusalem and the West Bank to visit Al-Aqsa Mosque.

However, clashes have erupted between Palestinians and Israeli police during this period in recent years during the month of Ramadan.

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz warned yesterday evening, Sunday, that if Hamas did not release all the hostages it held by Ramadan, the Israeli army would launch a ground attack on Rafah, the city where 1.4 million Palestinians are crowded, the majority of whom are displaced.< /p>

Gantz, a member of the war cabinet, said in a speech he delivered in Jerusalem during the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations: “The world should know, and Hamas leaders should know, that if the hostages do not return to their homes by Ramadan, the fighting will... It will continue everywhere, including the Rafah area.”

He added, "We will do this in a coordinated manner, by facilitating the evacuation of civilians, and in dialogue with American and Egyptian partners, to reduce civilian casualties as much as possible."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to confirm his intention to carry out a ground attack in Rafah, despite calls directed at him by part of the international community to withdraw from this plan.