Israel has focused its entire offensive in recent hours on the south of the Gaza Strip, the place to which he had asked the population to go for refuge.

According to several agencies, several Israeli tanks have already entered that area. Herzi Halevi, chief of staff of the Israeli Army, has assured that during this Sunday and Monday, Israeli troops have eliminated “brigade commanders” and have begun “the same process in the southern Gaza Strip.”

Several testimonies collected by AFP assure that dozens of tanks accompanied by armored vehicles and bulldozers would have crossed towards Khan Yunis. They also reportedly arrived in Al-Qarara, a nearby village. Other sources report that these troops They would have cut the Salah al Din road in both directionswhich connects them with the city of Deir al Balah.

Yago Rodríguez, director of ‘The Political Room’, has assured that “Hamas has had several days to reorganize and, therefore, the most logical thing in that sense was to prepare to launch a somewhat surprising attack in the south where the defenses were not ready.”

Movements that attempt to further stifle the response capacity of the Palestinian militiamen. This is explained by Guillermo Pulido, political scientist and defense analyst, who highlights that, in addition, “on the part of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, it has also been detected in recent days that They have changed the strategy, at least, at an operational level“.

“They are no longer just carrying out delaying operations and small-scale attacks, but they are increasing the intensity. It is certainly a new phase.“, the expert has concluded. A new phase in the supposed security zone where almost the entire population of Gaza is now concentrated after the evacuation of the northern Strip, and in which the civilians who survive in the middle of the misery, without hardly any food or drinking water. In fact, according to Al Jazeera, 60% of Gazan homes have been destroyed or damaged.