Israeli military withdraws from Gaza’s Khan Younis: Report

Nazim Sheikh

International Courant

JERUSALEM

Israeli media reported on Sunday that the Israeli military had withdrawn from town of Khan Younis within the southern Gaza Strip.

“The 98th Division, with its three brigades, withdrew from Khan Younis final night time after the top of the operation there after preventing that lasted 4 months,” the Military Radio reported.

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It added that there’s just one brigade left in Gaza, the Nahal Brigade, which is chargeable for securing the hall established by the Israeli military to stop Gazans from returning to the north.

In the meantime, Palestinian sources informed Anadolu that Israeli military forces retreated from all western areas of town of Khan Younis whereas they remained stationed east of town.

“As of this stage of the maneuver, the Israeli military has accomplished its operation in Khan Younis and troopers have accomplished their exit from there,” the Israeli Channel 12 mentioned.

“Forces consisting of 4 completely different brigades at the moment are stationed within the humanitarian hall and within the northern Gaza Strip within the Beit Hanoun space,” it mentioned.

It indicated that “the Israeli military will concentrate on the strategy of raids based mostly on accessible intelligence info.”

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The channel didn’t rule out that the Israeli military’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip was to arrange troopers for a floor operation in Rafah within the southern Gaza Strip.

The Israeli Public Broadcasting Company mentioned the maneuvering Israeli forces withdrew from the Gaza Strip aside from these in Gaza Metropolis to stop the return of the Palestinians to the north.

The Israeli navy floor operation started in Khan Younis on Dec. 3 with the goal of recovering Israeli hostages held by the Hamas motion. Nonetheless, based mostly on the military’s claims, the Israeli forces left town with out attaining its targets.

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Israel has waged a lethal navy offensive on the Gaza Strip since a cross-border assault in early final October by the Palestinian group, Hamas, killed lower than 1,200 folks.

Practically 33,200 Palestinians have since been killed and virtually 75,900 injured amid mass destruction and shortages of requirements.

Israel has additionally imposed a crippling blockade on the Gaza Strip, leaving its inhabitants, significantly residents of northern Gaza, on the verge of hunger.

The Israeli struggle has pushed 85% of Gaza’s inhabitants into inside displacement amid acute shortages of meals, clear water, and medication, whereas 60% of the enclave’s infrastructure has been broken or destroyed, in accordance with the UN.

Israel is accused of genocide on the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice, which final week requested it to do extra to stop famine in Gaza.

*Writing by Ikram Kouachi



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