Israeli tanks move into the Gaza Strip on the Israeli border. Photo/AP
GAZA TRACK – The Israeli military claims to have killed more than 2,000 Palestinian fighters in an operation in the town of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) RDML spokesperson Daniel Hagari claimed this on Monday (29/1/2024).
The Israeli military claims around 9,000 Hamas fighters have been eliminated in the three months since Israel’s invasion of the Gaza Strip. Various estimates put the total number of Hamas forces at between 30,000 and 40,000 fighters.
On October 7, 2023, the Hamas movement that controls the Gaza Strip launched a large-scale rocket attack against Israel and violated the border.
As a result, more than 1,200 people in Israel were killed and around 240 others were kidnapped. Israeli media then reported that many Israeli citizens had been killed by the Zionist military itself.
Israel launched brutal attacks that killed more than 26,600 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, according to local authorities.
On November 24, Qatar brokered an agreement between Israel and Hamas regarding a temporary humanitarian pause and exchange of some prisoners and hostages, as well as the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
The ceasefire has been extended several times and ended on December 1. More than 100 hostages are believed to still be held by Hamas in Gaza.
A number of negotiation offers have failed to agree on a new ceasefire to date. Israel continues to carry out brutal massacres of Palestinians in Gaza even though the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered the Zionist regime to prevent genocide.
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2024-01-30 10:01:26
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