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Monday, December 4, 2023
IDF says main north-south Gaza road a ‘battle zone,’ designates new humanitarian corridor
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The Israel Defense Forces announces a new humanitarian corridor in the southern Gaza Strip, as it advances on Khan Younis.
The IDF’s Arabic-language Spokesman, Lt. Col. Avichay Adraee, says on X that Gaza’s main north-south highway, Salah ad-Din, in the areas northeast of Khan Younis is a “battle zone.”
“The fighting and military advance of the IDF in the Khan Younis area does not allow the movement of civilians through the Salah ad-Din axis in the areas north and east of the city,” he says.
He says the IDF will facilitate the movement of civilians via a bypass route to the west of Khan Younis.
“Passage from the Rafah and Khan Younis areas toward Deir al-Balah and the camps of central Gaza will be available through the following routes: al-Rashid coastal road and al-Shuhada Street in Deir al-Balah,” he says.
سكان قطاع #غزة،
جيش الدفاع يتصرف بقوة ضد #حماس والمنظمات الإرهابية في قطاع غزة وبشكل خاص في منطقة #خان_يونس.فيما يلي عدة تعليمات عاجلة:
القتال والتقدم العسكري لجيش الدفاع في منطقة خان يونس لا يسمحان بتنقل المدنيين عبر محور صلاح الدين في المقاطع الواقعة شمالي وشرقي مدينة… pic.twitter.com/fQOBR6fHsF
— افيخاي ادرعي (@AvichayAdraee) December 4, 2023
