Another 40 people killed by airstrikes amid operation to ‘seize large areas’
An image released by the Israeli army, showing Israeli soldiers conducting operations in a location given as the Tel Al-Sultan area of Rafah. Photo: Reuters
An image released by the Israeli army, showing Israeli soldiers conducting operations in a location given as the Tel Al-Sultan area of Rafah. Photo: Reuters
Wafaa Shurafa and Isaac Scharf
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Israel’s prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced yesterday that it will establish a new security corridor across Gaza, as the country said it planned to seize large areas of the Palestinian territory and launched a wave of strikes that Palestinian health officials said killed more than 40 people.
In a statement, Mr Netanyahu described the new corridor as the Morag corridor, using the name of a Jewish settlement that once stood between Rafah and Khan Younis, suggesting it would run between the two southern cities.