Israel Defense Forces spokesman Daniel Hagari said Wednesday night that the military began fighting Hamas in the neighborhoods of Daraj and Tuffah.in Gaza City, where one of the last battalions of this militia in the north of the Gaza Strip. Which indicates that the military They seem to be reaching the end of their ground offensive in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
“We began fighting in Daraj-Tuffah. Daraj-Tuffah is adjacent to Shejaiya and completes [as operações] in Jabaliya, Beit Hanoun, Shejaiya and Daraj-Tuffah,” Hagari explained in a press conference, cited by the Times of Israel, almost two months after his army began the ground offensive against Hamas, which initially concentrated in the north. from Gaza.
Israeli defense forces have operational control over Beit Hanoun, Jabaliya and several other areas of northern Gaza as they work to dismantle Hamas battalions. They have also indicated that They will only need a few more days to complete operations in Shejaiyawhere some of the fiercest fighting took place.
Israel declared war on Hamas, in retaliation for the attack of unprecedented dimensions since the creation of the State in 1948, perpetrated on October 7 by the group in Israeli territory, which left 1,139 dead, most of them civilians, according to the most recent report. of the Israeli authorities.
Nearly That day 250 people were also kidnapped. and taken to Gaza, 129 of whom were they are still in captivityby the movement, considered a terrorist organization by the EU, the US and Israel, they added.
Source: TSF
