Israel announced this Saturday that concluded the “dismantling of the military structure of the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas in the north of the Gaza Strip” and that attention is now focused on the center and south of the territory.
In a press conference, Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari stated that in the northern Gaza Strip “there are still terrorists acting sporadically and without command,” but that Israel is “focused on dismantling Hamas in the center and In the south”.
According to General Hagari, “The refugee camps in the central Gaza Strip are overcrowded and filled with terrorists.” and in the Khan Younes area there is “an underground city of tunnels with multiple branches”.
“It takes time, there are no shortcuts in the fight against terrorism,” he added.
The most recent conflict between Israel and Hamas was triggered by the Palestinian Islamist movement’s unprecedented attack on Israeli territory on October 7. massacring about 1,140 people, mostly civilians, but also 400 soldiers, and taking more than 200 hostages, according to official figures from Tel Aviv.
In retaliation, Israel, which has vowed to eliminate the Palestinian movement considered terrorist by the European Union and the United States, launched a large-scale offensive in the Gaza Strip, where, according to the local government, more than 22,000 people have already died. -mostly women, children and adolescents- and more than 57,000 injured, also mostly civilians.
The conflict also displaced around 1.9 million people (about 85% of the population), according to the UN, plunging the overcrowded and poor Palestinian enclave into a serious humanitarian crisis.
Source: TSF
