’Israel’ Advances in Gaza, Strikes Endanger Trapped Families

By Staff, Agencies

Local authorities report that "Israeli" occupation forces [IOF] have pushed beyond the so-called “yellow line” truce in Gaza City, moving deeper into the territory in violation of the October 10 ceasefire and besieging dozens of Palestinian families.

Gaza’s Government Media Office announced in a statement on Thursday that the IOF widened the boundary by shifting the markers, and advanced roughly 300 meters [984 feet] into the neighborhoods of Ash-Shaaf, An-Nazzaz and Baghdad Street.

The move pushed further into civilian areas, trapping families who were unable to flee as tanks rolled forward, it added.

“The fate of many of these families remains unknown amidst the shelling that targeted the area,” the office said, adding that the expansion of the so-called yellow line shows a “blatant disregard” for the ceasefire deal.

On Friday, sources said the IOF carried out continued air and artillery strikes inside the so-called “yellow line” east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.

According to the reports, "Israeli" warplanes and tanks targeted areas within the zone. One Palestinian was reported martyred and several others wounded in the strikes, the sources said.

The fresh aggression came only a day after 25 Palestinians were martyred in "Israeli" airstrikes on Gaza City and Khan Younis on Wednesday.

The media office reported that "Israel" has consistently violated the truce deal since its implementation last month, with near-daily attacks by air, artillery and direct shootings.

The office said over 400 violations have been documented. These breaches have resulted in the deaths of more than 300 Palestinians and left hundreds injured.

The Government Media Office in Gaza urged the guarantors of the ceasefire — the US, Egypt, Qatar and Turkey — to take swift action to halt the ongoing violations and facilitate the delivery of food, shelter materials, medical aid, and infrastructure equipment.

The so-called “yellow line,” set out in the agreement between "Israel" and Hamas Resistance movement, refers to a non-physical partition where the IOF repositioned itself when the truce deal took effect.

It has allowed "Israel", which routinely fires at Palestinians who approach the line, to retain control over more than half of the Gaza Strip.

International bodies, including the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry, the International Association of Genocide Scholars, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, "B’Tselem", and other rights groups, have concluded that the "Israeli" war on Gaza amounts to genocide.

In the attacks in Gaza since October 2023, "Israel" has claimed lives of at least 69,546 people and injured 170,833 others, leveling large swaths of the territory and displacing almost all of the population.