In the first few hours of what Israeli officials are calling a “new stage in the operation” — as they look to gain wider control over the region — the military killed Hamas members and destroyed infrastructure that the terror group was using to plan and direct operations, the Israel Defense Forces said. “Forces began operating in recent hours in the Shajaiyah area in the northern Gaza Strip, with the aim of deepening control and expanding the security area,” an IDF spokesperson said in a statement on Telegram. Gen. Effie Defrin told reporters, a day earlier, that the new stage “serves the goals of the war: returning the hostages and destroying Hamas’s military and governing capabilities,” the Times of Israel reported.
Author: Deirdre Bardolf
Published at: 2025-04-05 22:16:00
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