The Israeli bombings taking place this Monday in the Gaza Strip, they intensify. Since it started conflictAccording to estimates, nearly 10,000 people died on October 7 Hamas.

The Hamas government, which is in power in the Gaza Strip, said the overnight attacks killed more than 200 people in the north of the Palestinian territory and in Gaza City.

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On Monday, the Israeli army summoned civilians again evacuate the north of the area.

The army announced on Monday that it had carried out “significant attacks” on the territory and said its soldiers would be “less limited” in taking action if civilians moved south of the enclave.

“Then we will be able to dismantle Hamas, bastion by bastion, battalion by battalion, until we achieve the ultimate goal, which is the liberation of the Gaza Strip, the entire Gaza Strip, from Hamas,” a spokesman said.

According to General Daniel Hagari, spokesman for the Israeli army, soldiers operating in Gaza have divided the area into two: “South Gaza and North Gaza.” The heaviest fighting is taking place in the north, where Israel says the ‘center’ of Hamas is located.

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According to Hamas it is 9,770 people died, including 4,800 childrenin Israeli bombings since the beginning of the conflict.

The bombings have serious consequences for the civilian population in this small area of ​​362 km2, populated by 2.4 million inhabitants.

Since October 9, the Gaza Strip has been under “full siege” by Israel, which has cut off water, electricity and food supplies.

Palestinians search for survivors in the rubble of a residential building hit by an Israeli attack in the Khan Younis refugee camp, south of Gaza. EFE/Haitham Imad
Photo: EFE

The Strip had already been subject to an Israeli land, sea and air blockade since Hamas – considered a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union and Israel – took control there in 2007.

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The Israeli military on Monday again accused Hamas of building tunnels under hospitals, schools and places of worship to hide fighters and plan attacks, an accusation the Islamist movement has repeatedly denied.

In Israel, more than 1,400 people diedmostly civilians killed on October 7 in the Hamas attack, unprecedented in scale and violence since Israel’s founding in 1948.

According to the army, at least 30 Israeli soldiers have been killed since the ground operation began. (JO)