The Israeli army announced that it had fired more than 100,000 artillery shells since the day it began its ground operation in the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military said in a statement that more than 100,000 artillery shells had been fired into the Gaza Strip since the ground operation against the Gaza Strip began on October 31.
It said that Israeli artillery units “played an important role” in the clashes since the first day of the attack on the Gaza Strip and “eliminated the threats to the ground troops and allowed them to advance”.
The Israeli military also shared footage of artillery units firing numerous shells.
Israel resumed its military offensive on the Gaza Strip on Friday after ending a week-long humanitarian truce with Hamas.
At least 15,899 Palestinians have been killed and more than 42,000 injured in the relentless air and ground attacks on the enclave since October 7.
The head of the UN Palestinian Refugee Agency (UNRWA) on Monday said the Israeli resumption and expansion of its military operation across Gaza repeats “the horrors from past weeks.”
“The resumption of the military operation and its expansion further in southern Gaza is repeating horrors from past weeks,” UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said in a statement.
He said the Israeli evacuation orders for people from Khan Younis city to Rafah city have created “panic, fear and anxiety” among people.
“At least an additional 60,000 people were forced to move to already overcrowded UNRWA shelters, with more asking to be sheltered. Many have already been displaced more than once fleeing the war in other parts of Gaza,” Lazzarini added.
He warned that the evacuation orders push the people to concentrate in less than one-third of the Gaza Strip space amid badly needed “food, water, shelter, and mostly safety.”
Lazzarini noted that currently there is no safe area in Gaza even in Rafah city in the far south of the enclave or in the Israeli unilaterally called “safe zone” areas.
He urged the Israeli authorities to “reopen Kerem Shalom and other crossings and facilitate the unconditional, uninterrupted and meaningful delivery of lifesaving humanitarian assistance,” adding that failure to do so is a violation of international humanitarian law, AA reports.
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