Ammon News - The Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, Head of the Operations Directorate Maj. Gen. Itzik Cohen and other generals will present on Tuesday to Defense Minister Yisrael Katz the plan for the occupation of Gaza City.

Minister Katz intends to assimilate insights and incorporate basic principles into the plans in order to streamline the occupation of the city, according to Walla website.

During the political-security cabinet meeting in which the decision was made to occupy Gaza City, contrary to the IDF's position, Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir and Head of the Operations Directorate Itzik Cohen stated that the mission to occupy the city would require 220,000 soldiers, including reservists. However, the occupaton army intends to deploy only 80,000 soldiers for the mission to occupy Gaza City.

"This is a very broad plan that will exact a very heavy price from Hamas, but it also carries great risks for IDF forces," said a military source familiar with the preparations for the broad maneuver.

It is possible that the occupation army will not wait weeks and in the coming days the ground forces, accompanied by the air force, will begin maneuvering towards new areas in order to increase the pressure on Hamas, according to Walla.