Israel Cuts Off Gaza's City Of Rafah, Vows To 'Vigorously' Expand In The Territory | rssama.com

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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel announced Saturday it had completed building of a caller information corridor cutting disconnected nan confederate metropolis of Rafah from nan remainder of Gaza, and nan subject said it would soon grow “vigorously” successful astir of nan mini coastal territory.

Palestinians were further squeezed into shrinking areas.

“Activity will grow quickly to further locations passim astir of Gaza and you will person to evacuate nan fighting zones,” Defense Minister Israel Katz said successful a statement, without saying wherever Palestinians were meant to go.

The connection urged Palestinians to region Hamas and merchandise nan remaining hostages, saying: “This is nan only measurement to extremity nan war.”

Israeli troops were deployed past week to nan caller information corridor referred to arsenic Morag, nan sanction of a Jewish colony that erstwhile stood betwixt Rafah and Khan Younis, aft nan service ordered sweeping evacuations covering astir of Rafah — an denotation it could soon motorboat different awesome crushed operation.

The Rafah municipality successful a connection called Israel’s actions a “flagrant breach of world legitimacy.”

Israel has vowed to prehend ample parts of Gaza to unit Hamas to merchandise nan remaining 59 hostages, 24 of them believed to beryllium alive, and judge projected caller ceasefire terms.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s authorities has besides imposed a monthlong blockade connected food, substance and humanitarian assistance that has near nan territory’s astir 2 cardinal Palestinians facing acute shortages arsenic supplies dwindle — a maneuver that authorities groups opportunity is simply a warfare crime.

Israel has claimed that capable supplies entered Gaza during nan two-month ceasefire that it shattered past month. Aid groups person disputed that.

Netanyahu has said Morag would beryllium “a 2nd Philadelphi corridor,” referring to nan Gaza broadside of nan separator pinch Egypt farther south, which has been nether Israeli power since May 2024. Israel has besides reasserted power of nan Netzarim corridor, which cuts disconnected Gaza’s bluish 3rd from nan remainder of nan territory.

The corridors, coupled pinch a buffer area that Israel has razed and expanded, springiness it much than 50% power of nan territory.

Displaced Palestinians fly from eastbound to westbound of Gaza City aft nan Israeli subject issued removal orders successful nan area, Friday April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Displaced Palestinians fly from eastbound to westbound of Gaza City aft nan Israeli subject issued removal orders successful nan area, Friday April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

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Displaced Palestinians fly from eastbound to westbound of Gaza City aft nan Israeli subject issued removal orders successful nan area, Friday April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Displaced Palestinians fly from eastbound to westbound of Gaza City aft nan Israeli subject issued removal orders successful nan area, Friday April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

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Katz said Palestinians willing successful “voluntarily” relocating to different countries would beryllium capable to arsenic portion of a proposal by U.S. President Donald Trump. Palestinians person rejected nan connection and expressed their determination to stay successful their homeland.

Trump and Israeli officials person not said really they would respond if Palestinians garbage to time off Gaza. But Human Rights Watch and different groups opportunity nan scheme would magnitude to “ethnic cleansing” — nan forcible relocation of nan civilian organization of an taste group from a geographic area.

Many Palestinians person been crowding into squalid shelter camps aliases nan rubble of their erstwhile homes, often displacing aggregate times successful consequence to Israel’s removal orders since nan Hamas-led onslaught connected Oct. 7, 2023, killed immoderate 1,200 people, galore of them civilians, and sparked nan war.

Israel connected Saturday ordered nan removal of areas eastbound of Khan Younis up of an attack. Military spokesperson Avichay Adraee added that militants had fired rockets into Israel from these areas. In nan evening, respective neighborhoods successful Nuseirat successful cardinal Gaza were told to evacuate aft Israel said it had intercepted a projectile from nan territory.

Hamas has said nan bombardment poses risks to nan hostages arsenic well. On Saturday, nan family of nan last surviving American held successful Gaza responded to nan merchandise of a caller video showing Edan Alexander speaking nether duress.

“When you beryllium down to people Passover, retrieve that this is not a vacation of state arsenic agelong arsenic Edan and nan different 58 hostages are not home,” nan family said successful a statement.

Families and supporters again rallied successful Tel Aviv for a woody to bring everyone home.

Israeli strikes crossed Gaza continued, sidesplitting astatine slightest 21 group successful nan past 24 hours, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which doesn’t separate betwixt civilians and combatants but says astir of nan complete 50,000 Palestinians killed successful nan warfare person been women and children.

The ministry said astatine slightest 1,500 group person been killed since Israel’s astonishment bombardment resumed nan warfare past month.

Israel says it has killed astir 20,000 militants successful nan war, without providing evidence.

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Magdy reported from Cairo.