The IDF is warning Palestinians to avoid a main Gaza artery as troops advance in the Netzarim Corridor area in the Strip’s center.
In a post on X, IDF’s Arabic-language spokesman Col. Avichay Adraee says “over the past day, IDF troops began a targeted operation” in central Gaza, and are “deployed up to the center of the Netzarim Corridor.”
“For your safety, do not travel on the Salah a-Din road between the north of the Gaza Strip and the south and vice versa,” he says.
Traveling from the north of the Strip to its south is only permitted via the coastal road, known as al-Rashid, Adraee adds.
The IDF is currently engaged in military action aimed at expanding its buffer zone along the Gaza border, including in the south near Khan Younis and in the Strip’s north near Beit Lahiya.
The military has warned Palestinians against approaching areas where troops are operating.
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