The Israeli army expands its terrestrial operation in the Shujaiya district, to the east of Gaza City
The Israeli army announced this morning (Friday), the expansion of his terrestrial operation in the Al -shujaiya district, east of the city of Gaza, stating that his forces have started working in the area in the last hours “with the aim of deepening control and expanding the defensive insurance area”.
The army added in a declaration that its forces “have eliminated a number of militants and destroyed the infrastructures, including a command and control complex used by (Hamas) elements to plan and direct military activities”.
The declaration stressed that the army “allowed residents to evacuate the region through rails assigned in order to preserve their safety”, underlining that “continues its operations against armed factions in the Gaza strip to protect the citizens of Israel”, according to the German news agency.
Ocular witnesses said that the battle of tanks and military vehicles was actually advanced, east of the Shujaiya district, among the movement of the population of the population in the center and west of the city of Gaza.
Parts of the neighborhood attended a large wave of travel yesterday (Thursday), after the Israeli army made urgent warnings to the residents of the neighborhood and the neighboring neighborhoods, asking that the area had evacuated immediately.
“The Defense Army is working strongly in your areas to destroy terrorist infrastructures,” said Avichai Adrai, spokesman for the Israeli army, in a note. For your safety, you should immediately evacuate these areas and transfer you to the well -known centers of shelters in the west of Gaza City. “
These warnings forced thousands of families to come out in a new shift, between scenes that have been repeated through the Gaza strip.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had declared, the day before yesterday (Wednesday), that Israel is working to create a new security corridor through Gaza, a “marage” corridor, a name of a Jewish agreement that existed between Rafah and Khan Yunis, indicating that he extended among the southern cities.
Netanyahu said: “We gradually increase the pressure until they deliver our hostages. The more they refrain from delivery, the more pressure, the greater the pressure for us”.
The announcement of Netanyahu came after the defense minister Yisrael Katz said that Israel would have seized large areas of the Gaza Strip and added it to the security areas so called.
