LIVE, Gaza: Hamas accuses the Israeli army of expanding the area under its control in the Palestinian enclave by moving the “yellow line”

Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem accused the Israeli army of involvement on Thursday “a blatant violation” of the ceasefire “by working tirelessly to move the Yellow Line westward every day, causing massive population movements,” according to comments reported by Al-Aqsathe channel of the Islamist movement. The “yellow line” marks the area beyond which Israeli forces withdrew as part of the ceasefire that came into effect on October 10 under American pressure.

The government media agency in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip said this Telegram that the Israeli army had sunk “in the eastern part of Gaza City”by moving “300 meters” the yellow concrete blocks that physically mark the line, effectively expanding the area under its control. He also denounced “ the siege of dozens of families living in these areas who could not escape after being surprised by the advance of the tanks” and whose fate “remains unknown”.

This was reported by the Qatari TV channel Al Jaziradeclared one of the journalists present at the scene “after watching Israeli soldiers install yellow blocks and signs to mark the new deployment line, deeper into the eastern district of… Chadjaya ». “But the border is not fully marked, so many Palestinians do not know exactly where it is”she emphasized. “This latest development in Gaza’s Chadjaya neighborhood has left more and more Palestinians unable to reach their homesshe added. People say it is a cage because they are pushed back and trapped in the western part of Gaza. »

The media office of the Gaza Strip government denounced the “silence of mediators and guarantors and the absence of serious measures to force the occupation to fulfill its obligations” and calls them, “especially US President Trump, to assume their duties in this area” and “take serious action to stop these crimes”.

Between Thursday and Friday, the Israeli army claimed to have killed eight Palestinians “terrorists” who, according to the report, crossed or had crossed the yellow line and threatened his troops in the south of the Gaza Strip.