Tel Aviv, Israel (AP) — Israeli forces urged full evacuation of Gaza on Tuesday morning before an expanded military operation in a city in northern Gaza.
The announcement was the first warning to fully evacuate the city in the current battle round.
Israeli Defense Minister Katz said Tuesday that Israel accused Hamas of destroying 30 skyscrapers in Gaza and using them for military infrastructure.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Israel had destroyed at least 50 “terrorist towers” that Hamas said were using. It was unclear whether the tower cuts mentioned by Katz, in addition to what was announced by Netanyahu, who called the demolition of the skyscrapers “introduction only, the beginning of the main intensive operation – the invasion of the ground of our army,” as well as the Tower Katz mentioned in the announcement.
Israel has been destroyed over the past few days Multiple skyscrapers in Gaza Citywarning that Hamas has installed a monitoring infrastructure.
The dismantling is part of Israel Strengthen that attack It urges Palestinians to escape from parts of Gaza city to control what it portrays as Hamas’ last remaining hub Designated humanitarian belt The southern part of the territory.
There are about 1 million Palestinians in the Gaza city area, but only a small percentage have been evacuated before this warning.
The South-facing families said they received humanitarian assistance. But aid groups warned that there was little infrastructure to support them, military spokesman Colonel Avichay Adraee warned last week that evacuation in Gaza city was inevitable.”
The War in Gaza On October 7, 2023, Hamas-led militants sparked when they lured 251 people and killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians. The 48 hostages are still in Gaza, and it is believed that around 20 of them are alive.
Israeli retaliatory attacks have killed at least 64,522 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health. Approximately half of those killed were women and children. Most of the major cities have been completely destroyed, displaced about 90% of the Palestinian population of around 2 million.
