Israel claims to have eliminated dozens of militiamen in Khan Younis and Deir el Balah
The Israeli army said on Friday that it had eliminated dozens of suspected Hamas fighters “in hand-to-hand combat” in Khan Yunis, south of Gaza, and Deir el Balah, in the center, the two cities where its offensive is taking place. now focused on the military. For this reason, it has ordered the evacuation of civilians from many areas, thus reducing the “humanitarian zone” to a minimum.
“During the past day, in the Khan Yunis area and on the outskirts of Deir el Balah, troops eliminated dozens of terrorists and dismantled dozens of terrorist infrastructure sites,” a military statement said.
The air force attacked around 30 Hamas military targets across the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, including “military posts, weapons depots and launching points.” [de cohetes]”, mainly in Khan Yunis.
Naser Hospital in Khan Yunis announced this morning that it had received four bodies, including a child, from an attack on a group of people in the city of Abasan; while Palestinian media reported shelling in the Suhaila area, where yesterday the army ordered new evacuations of the civilian population.
So far in August, Israel has issued up to 12 evacuation orders, mainly in the Khan Yunis area but also in Deir el Balah, forcing the displacement of some 250,000 people, according to data published by the UN Refugee Agency (UNRWA). “Families move repeatedly, carrying what they can amid military operations and the summer heat. There is no escape from this exhausting cycle in the Gaza Strip,” he denounced in X.
In parallel with the serious humanitarian situation in Khan Yunis and Deir el Balah, Israeli troops are maintaining their offensive, now with less intensity in Rafah, at the southern end of the enclave, after announcing two days ago that they had already defeated Hamas’ Rafah Brigade; although it indicated today that several “terrorists” had been killed in the Tel al Sultan neighborhood.
Palestinian media also reported attacks in recent hours in the Nuseirat refugee camp, in the center; in Beit Lahia, in the north of the enclave; and in the Zaytun neighborhood, in Gaza City. (EFE)
