The city of Rafah – in which more than 270,000 people lived before the war and where there are hundreds today – isolated from the rest of Gaza both through the north (next to Jan Yunis) and in the south, where Israel maintains the Philadelphia border with Egypt.
The Israeli army announced on Saturday at the end of the so -called Morag -AxA Military via and area with which Division the southern area of Gazatí de Jan Yunis van Rafah’sThe latter now surrounded by Israeli troops on his four sides.
“In the last 24 hours, the troops of the 36th division completed the establishment of the Morag axis, which separates the Rafah and Jan Yunis Brigades,” said a military statement.
With this road, the city of Rafah -In who lived more than 270,000 people before the war and where today hundreds- isolated from the rest of Gaza Both in the north (adjacent to Jan Yunis) and for the south, where Israel holds the Philadelphia Corridor border near Egypt.
After this step, this city is expected to do this city -which is about 20 % of the Gazatí territory -to the so -driven “security areas” of the population, as announced a few days ago to the Morag -AS the Minister of Defense, Israel Katz.
ANDThe Israeli army has already taken over the territory that borders the entire GazaWith a width that can vary between 800 meters and more than 1.5 kilometers, according to the last NGO estimate that breaks the silence. In that perimeter, Israel has flattened the country, destroyed buildings, houses and agricultural land.
According to the UN, about two -thirds of the strip is already part of or of exclusion zones or are under orders of forced evacuation, after Israel resumed the bomb attacks on March 18.
In the last 24 hours, Israel has killed 21 people and wounded more than 60. According to the Gazati authorities, there are still numerous victims under the rubble and on the roads, to which the ambulances or civil defense equipment have no access.
With these fatalities, the total number of deaths since Israel unilaterally broke the high fire agreement on March 18 until 1563 and that of injuries to more than 4000.
The Israeli offensive in Gaza started after the Palestinian Group Hamas had attacked the south of Israel on 7 October in 2023, killing around 1 200 people and 251 were abducted, according to Israeli speakers.
According to the health authorities of the region, more than 50,000 Palestinians have since died in Israeli attacks. The majority of the population is displaced and much of Gaza is in ruins.
Israel restarted his offensive last March, after the end of the High Fire has been in force since January. The campaign will continue until the release of the remaining 59 hostages and the departure of Hamas de Gaza.
Hamas says that he will only release hostages as part of an agreement and reject the requests for rejecting weapons. The weekend was expected to discuss a Hamas delegation in Cairo to discuss new proposals of Armistice, according to a group source.
Source: EITB
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