The Israeli army surrounded Rafah and separated him from Han Junis
The Israeli army (IDF) announced on Saturday that it had completely surrounded the city of Rafah in the south of the Gaza belt and established a new security zone, the so -called. The Morag Corridor, by which Rafah separated from Han Junis.
The IDF announced that it ended the establishment of that corridor « in the past 24 hours » and announced that it « eliminated dozens of terrorists, destroyed underground tunnels and Hamas’s terror infrastructure » as part of that operation, which lasted about ten days.
With the establishment of a corridor, the cities of Rafah and Han Junis are separated. Together with the corridor Netzarim located north, Gaza’s belt is now divided into three parts.
Defense Minister Israel Katz described the conquered areas as « security zones » that would serve Israel.
This action is the latest in the conflict that began on October 7, 2023, when the Palestinian Islamist Hamas militia and others attacked Israel, killing 1200 people and taking about 250 for hostages.
Israel then attacked Gaza. According to Palestinian sources, more than 50,000 people have been killed there since then. The figures do not distinguish civil and military victims, but many human rights organizations have condemned the number of women and children killed in the coastal zone.
