Israel's war machine launches ground offensive in Gaza to seize Netzarim corridor
The Israeli military has launched a fresh ground assault in central Gaza, targeting the Netzarim corridor in what it calls a “limited operation” to create a “partial buffer” in the territory.
In a post on X, the military wrote that over the past 24 hours, its forces “have begun a focused ground operation in the center of the Gaza Strip and in the south with the aim of expanding the security area and creating a partial buffer between the north and south of the Strip.”
The move appeared to deepen a renewed Israeli offensive in Gaza, which shattered a ceasefire with Hamas that had begun in January.
As part of the ceasefire, Israel had withdrawn from the Netzarim corridor, which it had used as a military zone, and which bisected northern Gaza from the south.
The resumption of the offensive launched by Israel early on Tuesday risks plunging the region back into all-out war.
It came weeks after the end of the first phase of the ceasefire, during which Israel and Hamas exchanged captives for prisoners and were set to negotiate an extension to the truce to end the war.
Israeli minister of military affairs Israel Katz threatened to step up the assault, warning Palestinians in Gaza that Israel would again order evacuations from combat zones soon.
He said that if captives held in the territory weren't freed, “Israel will act with an intensity that you have not seen.”
The Gaza Health Ministry said at least 970 people have been killed since Israel launched the strikes early Tuesday.
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