Israeli forces seize the “large territories” of gases

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Israeli troops seize the “large territories” and turn them into buffer zones, the Israeli Defense Minister said on Wednesday when the military expanded the updated offensive in the Palestinian enclave.

The announcement notes the last intensification Israeli operations in gas Ever since Israel last month violated the two -month ceasefire with Hamas and disabled food, fuel, humanitarian aid and medicine to 2.2 million people living in the destroyed territory.

Israel has already transformed large sections of the land along the gas border with the country into the buffer zone, as well as creating a similar zone in the corridor Nazarim passing through the center of the lane, separating it north and south.

In his statement on Wednesday, Defense Minister Israel Kats did not give details where and how big the new steps will be. But he said the updated fighting would be accompanied by a “large -scale” evacuation of Gaza’s population from combat areas.

He also repeated his preliminary calls to Palestinians in Gaza to turn against Hamas’s militants and release Israeli hostages who are still held there, saying it was “the only way to end the war”.

The announcement was met by a hostage relatives with disappointment, and the organization submitted their statement, which accused Kats of “donating hostage for preserving the territory”.

“Instead of freeing the hostages through the deal and stop the war, the Israeli government sends more troops to gas to fight the same places where they have already fought again and again,” the hostages and disappeared families said.

Kats’s statement took place two days after Israel issued an order to evacuate the southern city of Rafa, which is near the border between Gaza and Egypt, forcing tens of thousands of people to escape.

Palestinian media reported on Wednesday that Israeli troops conducted a large bombing of the area for the night, and that Israeli troops had advanced to the center and east of Rafa.

Israeli officials insist that the updated offensive is the only way to make 59 hostages – less than half of which are still considered alive – which Hamas continues to hold on to the gas.

But UN officials and assistance groups warn that the updated fighting and the siege of Israel in Gaza has intensified the already catastrophic humanitarian conditions in the enclave.

On Tuesday, the World Food Program said that the 25 bakers he supported in the gas were forced to close the lack of fuel and flour, and warned that the rest of the hot meals would last for a maximum of two weeks.

According to Palestinian officials, more than 50,000 people were killed in Israel, as well as displacing the majority of its population – many of them several times – and reducing most of the lane to non -residential constipation.

According to Israeli officials, Israel launched an offensive in response to Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 on Israel, during which 1200 militants were killed and 250 were held hostage.