The news comes after the lifeless body of Israeli hostage Elad Katzir was recovered in Khan Yunis, and on the eve of what appears to be an imminent raid on Rafah.
The Israeli army withdrew all its ground forces from the south of the Gaza Strip last night, leaving only one brigade in the enclave, EFE confirmed, citing a military source.
The withdrawal comes after four months of fighting in the Khan Younis area and six months after the start of the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, where more than 33,100 people have been killed, most of them women and children.
Currently, there is only one Israeli brigade in the Palestinian enclave responsible for securing a corridor between southern Israel and the Gaza coast, blocking passage to the north of the Strip and facilitating operations in the center and north of the area.
The news comes after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Saturday lifeless body of Israeli hostage Elad Katzirthat had been in the hands of Islamic Jihad.
Hamas confirms that a delegation will be sent for a new round of talks in Cairo next Sunday
Doctors from the Institute of Forensic Medicine identified the body overnight and authorities informed the family of Katzir, who was kidnapped along with his mother during the October 7 attacks on Kibbutz Nir Oz, released during the seven-day truce between Israel and Hamas. November.
The two main hospitals of this southern city, Al Amal and Naser, were destroyed and put out of action after the siege by Jewish forces during these months on the grounds that there was the presence of suspected fighters in these complexes.
Israel’s next target in Gaza appears to be the one already announced military attack on Rafah, in the south of the enclave, where 1.4 million displaced people live; an incursion opposed by the United States, Israel’s most important military ally.
Source: EITB
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