Jerusalem: The Israeli military has opened a safe corridor in northern Gaza to allow residents to go to the “safer” southern part of the seaside territory.
In a post on X, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said they will not launch any operation on this corridor from 10 am to 1 pm.
“Residents of Gaza City and northern Gaza, in the past days, we’ve urged you to relocate to the southern area for your safety. We want to inform you that the IDF will not carry out any operations along this route from 10 pm to 1 pm,” the Israeli military said.
The United Nations today said that more than 2 million people in Gaza are at risk as water runs out. Israeli military today claimed that it has killed two Hamas commanders who led attack on southern Israel killed last Saturday.
Meanwhile, officials said that over 2,200 have been killed in Gaza so far including death of 324 Palestinians in the last 24 hours itself.
Earlier Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Israel’s intense bombardment of Gaza marked only the initial phase of the country’s response to a Hamas offensive that had claimed the lives of 1,300 individuals.
With a substantial Israeli military presence amassed along the Gaza border, Netanyahu delivered a televised address in which he stated, “Our adversaries have just begun to bear the consequences. I cannot disclose the specifics of what lies ahead, but I can assure you that this is just the outset.”
Netanyahu’s remarks came shortly after the Israeli military revealed that their troops had conducted limited operations within the besieged Palestinian territory over the previous 24 hours, in preparation for an expected ground invasion.