UNRWA, the primary United Nations company in Gaza, estimated as of Monday that greater than 800,000 individuals had fled Rafah since Israel started focusing on the town in early Could, regardless of worldwide pleas for restraint.
In parallel, Israeli forces stepped up a floor offensive in Jabalia, the place the army has razed a number of residential areas, and struck close by Beit Hanoun city, areas the place Israel declared main operations over months in the past. Israel says it has needed to return to stop Hamas from regrouping there.
The Israeli army mentioned in a press release forces started conducting focused raids in Beit Hanoun “to eradicate terrorists, find and strike terror infrastructure, under and above the bottom”.
The army mentioned three troopers had been killed within the preventing on Wednesday, elevating the variety of troopers killed since Gaza incursions started on Oct 20 to 286 troopers.
Israel launched its assault on Gaza following a Hamas-led assault on southern Israeli communities on Oct 7 during which fighters killed 1,200 individuals and captured greater than 250 hostages. Since then, Israel’s assault in Gaza has killed greater than 35,000 individuals, with 1000’s extra feared buried beneath the rubble, in line with Gaza well being authorities.
