2023-12-31 00:22:06
The Israeli army says it has stormed the headquarters of the Islamist Hamas in Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip. The terrorist organization’s intelligence headquarters was also located there, said Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari on Sunday night. According to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the war will last for months. Israel is fighting on “all fronts,” he said in a televised speech.
Israel suspects that the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Jihia Sinwar, is hiding in the underground tunnels under Khan Younis. The armed forces are currently intensifying the fight against Hamas, concentrating primarily on the south of the coastal area and the central Gaza Strip.
In the north of the sealed-off coastal strip, Israel’s army says it is in the process of exercising complete control over the area. The operation there is currently focused on the last remaining Hamas stronghold in the city of Gaza, the Tufah district, explained army spokesman Hagari. On Saturday, the army also ended a large-scale attack on Hezbollah militia targets in Lebanon on Israel’s border with Lebanon, it said. Three “terrorist cells” were eliminated. The army will continue to attack Hezbollah military positions in southern Lebanon.
Netanyahu stated that Israel must control the borders with Egypt. “The Philadelphia Corridor – or rather, the southern end of the Gaza Strip – must be in our hands.” The area must be closed. Any other regulation would not guarantee demilitarization.
Meanwhile, a hostage in the Gaza Strip was killed in an airstrike, according to a Palestinian terrorist group. The Israeli army had previously tried to free the Israeli soldier, according to the armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). The attempt had failed, it was said on Saturday.
In the worst massacre in Israel’s history on October 7, terrorists from Hamas and other extremist groups murdered around 1,200 people and abducted around 240 others to the Gaza Strip. According to Israeli information, almost 130 hostages are still being held there. The BBC reported a month ago that at least five Palestinian armed organizations took part in the terrorist attack on Israel.
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