“The units have reached the coast in the southern part of Gaza City and are maintaining control over the area. Gaza City is now completely besieged. This is a decisive step,” Hajari said.
According to the spokesman, civilians should still be able to flee to the southern part of the Gaza Strip. “This is a one-way corridor to the south,” he explained. Therefore, citizens can no longer return from the south to the north.
For three weeks, the Israeli army has been calling on residents of the northern Gaza Strip and Gaza City to move south temporarily, away from the heart of the war against Hamas.
Hajari also said that the army began expanding its air and ground attacks on the densely populated coastal enclave on Sunday evening. He described it as an “important operation.” Various media outlets report unprecedented violent bombardment, especially in the northern Gaza Strip.
