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The Israeli army attempted to advance in various axes in the northern Gaza Strip area, and intensified its belts of fire and bombardment on most of the Strip, hours before the start of a humanitarian truce that is supposed to enter into force on Thursday, the 48th day of the war, and extend to 4 days that can be extended.

Violent clashes broke out in the vicinity of the Jabalia refugee camp, which is considered a Hamas stronghold in northern Gaza, and in the Zaytoun neighborhood, which the Israeli army advanced into on Tuesday, and in Beit Hanoun, which it said it had taken control of. Sources in the Palestinian factions told Asharq Al-Awsat: Fierce clashes continued throughout Wednesday in most of the areas of the incursion, the most fierce of which were in the vicinity of Jabalia, in Beit Hanoun, the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, and in the vicinity of Sheikh Radwan.

The sources explained that the occupation army continued to work on its ground plan as if there was no humanitarian truce, exploiting every minute, and so did the Palestinian factions. It continued to launch attacks and engage in violent clashes, repelling Israeli attacks and causing losses among their ranks.

The sources confirmed that the Palestinians repelled the first Israeli attempts to penetrate areas such as Al-Maghazi and Al-Mughraqa camp from the east.

Israel began a ground attack on the northern Gaza Strip in an attempt to control it on October 27, but its army faced fierce resistance in most of the areas it reached.

The Israeli army announced, on Wednesday, that its forces took control of Beit Hanoun and made a concentrated incursion into the Sheikh Zayed neighborhood, northwest of Jabalia, killing Hamas members and blowing up tunnels.

Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari said: Givati ​​Brigade forces raided “the headquarters of the Northern Brigade of the Hamas organization, which is located in the Sheikh Zayed area in the northern Gaza Strip, where many senior Hamas officials lived.” A number of tunnel openings were found, including a strategic tunnel opening 50 meters deep and 7 meters wide. Launch complexes were found, including a lathe for making rocket-propelled grenades, and underground pits designed to launch rocket-propelled grenades and many weapons. As part of the activity, members of Hamas were killed. ). When the operation ended, the forces destroyed the site.

Hagari announced that more tunnels had been found in the northern Gaza Strip in other operations, noting that about 400 tunnel openings had been destroyed since the start of the ground operation.

A unit called “Yahlom” (a specialized engineering unit in the Israeli army) works to detect tunnel openings and destroy them by various means.

In addition to the ground war, Israel intensified the bombing of various areas in the Gaza Strip, focusing on the north of the Strip, targeting Jabalia, Al-Shuja’iya, Sheikh Radwan, the Al-Sabra neighborhood, Tal Al-Hawa, Sheikh Ajlin, Al-Maghazi and Al-Bureij.

In the southern Gaza Strip, occupation aircraft bombed homes in the eastern and western regions of Khan Yunis and Rafah.

In non-final statistics, the Ministry of Health announced that the number of victims in the Gaza Strip had risen to more than 14,100, including more than 5,840 children and 3,920 women, in addition to more than 33,000 wounded, and more than 6,800 missing, including more than 4,500 children and women.

In return, the “Al-Qassam Brigades” confirmed that it continued targeting the forces invading Gaza, and broadcast videos of rocket launches towards the Gaza envelope area and mortar shells towards the Israeli forces in the Strip.

The Israeli army announced, on Wednesday, the killing of a unit commander in the Golani Brigade and a soldier during battles in the northern Gaza Strip. This brings the number of people killed to 72 since the start of the ground operation in the Gaza Strip.

These developments came on the eve of a humanitarian truce that is supposed to enter into force on Thursday and last for four days, subject to extension.

Deputy Head of the Political Bureau of the Hamas movement, Musa Abu Marzouk, announced that the ceasefire as part of the prisoner release deal would begin Thursday at ten in the morning.

Under the agreement, 50 women and children detained in Gaza will be released in exchange for 150 women and children detained by Israel, over a period of 4 days.

Hamas said: “The truce includes a ceasefire on both sides, a cessation of all military actions by the occupation army in all areas of the Gaza Strip, a halt to the movement of its military vehicles penetrating into the Gaza Strip, and the entry of hundreds of trucks for humanitarian, relief, medical and fuel aid into all areas of the Gaza Strip.” Gaza, without exception, in the north and south, and the release of 50 of the occupation’s detainees, women and children under the age of 19, in exchange for the release of 150 women and children of our people from the occupation’s prisons under the age of 19, all according to seniority, and the cessation of air traffic in the (south). ) over the course of the four days, stopping air traffic in (the north) for 6 hours a day from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm, and ensuring the freedom of movement of people (from north to south) along Salah al-Din Street.”

The Israeli government ratified the agreement at dawn on Wednesday and immediately published the names of 300 prisoners, including children and women. This is to give a deadline to object to it before the Israeli courts, 48 ​​hours before their release. An Israeli government official said: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted that certain elements be part of the deal, including the continued release of hostages even after the fighting stops for 4-5 days, and a commitment by Hamas to determine the identity and location of hostages held by other armed groups. In the sector. He refused to release Palestinian prisoners who participated in killing operations.