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Israel announces plan to seize “large areas” in Gaza
April 2, 2025 - Israel’s defence minister says the military will expand its operation in Gaza and seize large areas of the territory – incorporating them into so-called security zones.
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The announcement marks the latest intensification of Israeli operations in Gaza since Israel broke a two-month ceasefire with Hamas last month and cut off supplies of food, fuel, humanitarian aid and medicine to the 2.2mn people living in the shattered territory.
Israel has already turned large tracts of land along Gaza’s border with the country into buffer zones, as well as creating a similar area in the Netzarim Corridor, which runs through the centre of the strip, separating its north and south.
In his statement on Wednesday, defence minister Israel Katz gave no details of where or how large the new land seizures would be. But he said the renewed fighting would be accompanied by a “large-scale” evacuation of Gaza’s population from combat areas, according to the FT.