Israel’s ground invasion of the Gaza Strip has begun.
A map of northern Gaza shows the extent of Israeli forces’s invasion of the Gaza Strip. In the far north of the country, Israeli forces have crossed the border and are conducting operations in three areas to clear Hamas militants. South of Gaza City, Israeli forces have cut a line from Gaza’s eastern border to the Mediterranean Sea in the west, effectively cutting off northern Gaza and encircling Gaza City.
The city in the north of the Gaza Strip has become the focus of the military campaign by Israel, which has vowed to annihilate the Palestinian Islamist militant group’s command structure.for Gazans fleeing south. IDF spokesman Jonathan Conricus expressed hope that residents would do so, leaving northern Gaza relatively clear of civilians.in a regular briefing
Maps distributed by the IDF have directed Gazans to different areas of the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Pamphlets dropped in Gaza on Oct. 13 directed people to evacuate south of the Wadi Gaza, a coastal wetland in central Gaza. Other materialshowed a line far further south, near the northern border of the Khan Younis governorate.
Map sources: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ; Global Human Settlement ; OpenStreetMap; Israel Defense Forces.shows evidence of significant destruction since Israel’s bombing campaign began. In northern Gaza, Israeli air strikes last week devastated parts of Jabalia camp, flattening buildings in a densely populated area where, Palestinian authorities say, at least 195 civilians were killed and scores more are still missing.
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