Israel intensifies its strikes on the south of the enclave; Palestinian refugees in Khan Younes, the second city of Gaza, flee to Rafah.
The Israeli army entered Khan Younes, Gaza’s second city, on Tuesday and intensified its bombings in the south of the enclave.
Israel continues to intensify its bombings and expand its military operations in the south of the Palestinian enclave on Wednesday.
“We have secured many Hamas strongholds in the northern Gaza Strip and we are now carrying out operations against its strongholds in the south,” Herzi Halevi, the Israeli army chief of staff, said in a statement. communicated.
The intensification of fighting against Hamas prompted the UN to warn on Monday of an “even more hellish scenario”.
Palestinian civilians are in fact pushed back into an ever-smaller area of the besieged territory.
Sometimes already displaced, Gazans evacuate Khan Younes towards Rafah as Israeli troops enter the city.
1.87 million Palestinians, or more than 80% of the Gazan population, have been displaced since the start of the Israeli offensive, the UN said.
Continuing Israeli bombardments, which reportedly target Hamas locations, have caused numerous casualties.
Nearly 16,200 Palestinians have been killed and more than 42,000 injured since the start of the Israeli offensive, Hamas said on Tuesday.
The October 7 attack by commandos from the Islamist movement left more than 1,200 dead on the Israeli side.
Recently released hostages and relatives of Israelis still detained by Hamas in Gaza reportedly confronted Benjamin Netanyahu during a heated meeting. Some participants even called on the Israeli prime minister to resign.
The families want to ensure that the head of government has the fate of their loved ones in mind as Israel already begins the next bloody stage of its war against Hamas.