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The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) has withdrawn nearly completely of the northern part of the Gaza Strip, the Al Mayadeen TV reported on December 6, citing a field source.
The two areas in which Israeli troops still maintain a presence are al-Toam area and al-Makousi Towers, which extend from the north of the Strip toward Gaza City, the unnamed source told the Lebanon-based news channel, adding that the area is an essential supply and withdrawal route for the IDF.
The source also noted that the IDF did not withdraw from the Tenth Street, which cuts between Gaza City and the central part of the Strip.
“Resistance fighters continuously engaged Israeli occupation forces in the northern and Gaza axes, which prevented Israeli occupation forces from establishing safe positions, pushing them to withdraw toward Netzarim [settlement],” the source said.
Al Mayadeen’s source pointed out that the areas of al-Bureij, al-Nuseirat, al-Maghazi, al-Mughraqa, and Juhr al-Dik in central Gaza are witnessing moderate battles coinciding with intense strikes by the IDF.
Meanwhile, the city of Khan Younis in the southern part of the Strip is experiencing the fiercest confrontations, especially in its center, where the Israeli advance has been lagging, the source said.
Near the separation wall with Israeli territories to the east of Khan Younis, specifically in the towns of Khuzaa, Aabsan, and Bani Suhaila, the IDF have not been able to achieve any progress due to the “Resistance’s operations,” according to the source.
Videos posted to social media on January 6 showed several devastated areas in northern Gaza after the withdrawal of Israeli troops.
The Hamas Movement and other armed factions in Gaza reported the destruction or damage of hundreds of IDF vehicles in recent weeks. At least 175 Israeli troops have been killed in ground operations in the Strip so far. Hundreds others have been wounded.
The IDF widened its air and ground attacks on northern Gaza in December and shifted focus to the southern part of the Strip.
Earlier this week, Israel said it was withdrawing two brigades from Gaza, with three more brigades to be pulled out at a future date. However, Defense Minister Yoav Gollan said during a visit with troops in the central part of the Strip that an assumption that the withdrawal from the north presaged an end to the conflict was “wrong.”
The IDF said more than once that its operations in Gaza will go on for months and it seeks to maintain freedom of movement within the Strip.
Since the outbreak of the Israeli war on Gaza, at least 22,722 Palestinian have been killed, according to the latest update by the Hamas-run health ministry. More than 58,166 others have also been wounded. Women and children make the majority of the casualties.
retreat on order of the usa or retreat to use some big weapons on it?
they already used more explosive material in gaza then we did in hiroshima. how much more tnt could they plaster them with? and what good would it do them?
mind you they might be planning to use large weapons too. chemical as well. the israeli government already said they can use chemical weapons, and nuclear weapons as they deem necessary. they don’t care what the world thinks of them. the world already largely sees israeli of committing ethnic cleansing. the global majority sees this even western states and institutions as well.
when you own every nation on the globe it’s easy to make and break the rules as you see fit.
western countries, also, let’s be fair – the us agree and protect zionists and without them they wouldn’t survive. jews alone can’t pay for their weapons nor pressure from other nations (sanctions).
the us never could hold a place in the middle east (unlike in eu and asia) and palestine is the only place they can “stay safe”… for now.
i guess the iof is expecting the us taxpayer to fund their genocidal war on gaza and keep supplying them with arms and ammo in perpetuity. i read that they had dropped 65,000 tonnes of explosives on gaza by the end of 2023 so how much longer can the usnazis keep the zionists supplied before they start eating into their own critical materiel storage?
mission accomplished in the north – hamas rats were completely annihilated 👍🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱
aren’t jews rats? if i recall historically speaking? also the deaths the israeli suffered are in the thousands by the way. check sources for hospitals in israel. the number of wounded is massive apparently. also 3rd parties confirmed from videos that there is sufficient video proof to confirm thousand of wounded and and dead israeli soldiers over the 90 days. this war isn’t what israel thought. turns out hamas has teeth and is the street cat hunting the rat here.
dumb amerikan cockroach self destructs
they are still firing missile into israel and israel can’t stop them. also, rtd as subhuman you shouldn’t read iran/antiyanqui new sites – it is a sin for you lol.
funny how you zionazis compare palestinians to rats just like the german nazis compared jews to rats during their annihilation of european jews. mind you the brits who fought the nazis in north africa in ww2 proudly nicknamed themselves the “desert rats”
and the shlomos that didn’t already get barbecued turned and ran back to their kosher ghetto$. lol….
note that this zionist move seems not to be a “withdrawal” but a “retreat” – a withdrawal under fire. presumably the zionist aim was at least as much to destroy the gaza ghetto to ease the ethnic cleansing of civilians, as to destroy hamas. interestingly, hamas may be able to continue to deny control of the gaza ghetto to the zionist state even after most or all civilians have been sent off in the cattle-trucks. if so, no zionist settlers, no shekels from real estate sales.
bye bye zionists, let the door hit your butts on the way out
wait until we find you goy, then you can speak
know your place you little yid. over 100 city states and political entities thru history have put you in your place
“oh you wait we going to find you”… i didn’t know unit 8300 of jews were hiring kids now… oh let me guess you are 60% nazi ukrainian and 35% some other shit and 5% jew lmfao. why israel ban dna tests, read what zionist find out which led to that lol.
you aren’t a jew kid, zionist or goy trying to make some money (i can believe that). “we going to find you… then you can speak” ahahahaha…. blud it is not 2000 anymore rtd.
discusting zionist jews and their extermination of palestinians.
i hear the idf has run out of iron diapers some must retreat for now.