Israel will begin operations against Hamas targets in Gaza after the expiration of the American deadline.

The Axios website reported that an American official stated that on Wednesday, Hamas was informed through intermediaries that it must evacuate its members within 24 hours from the area controlled by the Israeli army located behind the yellow line in the Gaza Strip.

The source added that the deadline ended at 8 PM on Thursday, and that the Israeli army would begin operations against Hamas targets in the areas under its control.

The yellow line divides Gaza into two parts: the western part, where areas controlled by Hamas are densely populated with more than two million people, and the areas east of the yellow line, which remain under the control of the Israeli army, with only thousands of residents.

In Washington, an American official revealed that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Keen, who will arrive in Israel, will visit the coordination center for Gaza.

The official added that the Chief of Staff will meet with officials in Israel to assess the situation in Gaza.

The American official stated that the meetings of the Chief of Staff will focus on establishing a ceasefire, ensuring stability, and the transition process in Gaza.

The ceasefire agreement, according to the plan of American President Donald Trump, ended an Israeli genocide against Gaza that lasted for two years since October 8, 2023, with support from Washington.

Since the agreement between Hamas and Tel Aviv came into effect, mediated by Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey, and sponsored by the United States, Israel has killed 211 Palestinians and injured 597 others, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.

Israel conditions the start of negotiations to initiate the second phase of its agreement with Hamas on receiving the remaining bodies of prisoners, while the movement asserts that it takes time to extract them due to the massive destruction in Gaza.

In contrast, there are 9,500 missing Palestinians killed by the Israeli army, whose bodies remain under the rubble of the destruction from the Israeli genocide, according to the Gaza government media office.

Additionally, more than 10,000 Palestinian prisoners, including children and women, are held in Israeli prisons, suffering from torture, starvation, and medical neglect, with many having died, according to Palestinian and Israeli human rights and media reports.

This genocide has resulted in at least 68,643 Palestinian martyrs and 170,655 injured, most of whom are children and women, with the cost of reconstruction estimated by the United Nations at around $70 billion.