The Israeli army controls “40% of Gaza City” and will intensify its operations in the coming days, Brigadier Efi Defrin, a spokesman for Israeli Armed Forces (IDF), announced today.

Thousands of Palestinians abandoned their homes, but many remain in the leveled city defying the orders of the Israeli army. “This time I’m not leaving my house. I want to die here. It doesn’t matter if we leave or stay. Tens of thousands of those who left their homes were also killed by Israel … “said Um Nader, a mother of five, at the Reuters news agency.

According to the health authorities of the Palestinian enclave, at least 53 people were killed today because of the Israeli military operations, most of them in the city of Gaza where the army is moving towards its central part.

“We still hit Hamas’s infrastructure. To date, we have occupied 40% of the city of Gaza, “Brigadier Defrin said at a press conference, announcing that IDFs would intensify their business in the coming days. “We will continue to pursue Hamas everywhere” until the final victory and the return of all hostages, “he said.

The Israeli army attack in the city of Gaza began on August 10, after the Netanyahu government defied the international outcry as well as objections from political and high -ranking military in Israel.

The war in the Gaza Strip broke out after an unprecedented attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023 in southern Israel, which had killed 1,219 people, mainly civilians, according to a countdown by the French News Agency (AFP). Of the 251 people who had been abducted that day, 47 remain in the Gaza Strip but 25 of them have been declared dead by the Israeli army.

Since then, more than 63,500 people have been killed by Israeli military operations in the Palestinian enclave, according to Hamas controlled by Gaza Health.