His powers Israel Today they fired Monday morning (21.07.2025) inland and air attack on the city of Deir al-Balah in the central part of its strip Gauze.
The operation began, just hours after the Israeli army issued evacuation orders for residents of six districts in the southwestern part of Gaza. It is about First Great Israeli land business in the area From the beginning of war in the particular zone, which as the BBC transmits is now suffocating full of tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians From Rafa and Han Juni. At the same time it is estimated that in the same area Israeli hostages are also held.
According to Palestinian journalists who spoke to the BBCIsraeli forces entered the city from the Kisoufim checkpoint with the support of a fierce artillery and air strikes. Reports report dozens of strikes in the Abu al-Azin and Hikr al-Jami districts, while videos posted on social media show explosions and continuous shots.
The attack was followed by an evacuation warning issued yesterday (20.07.2025) by the Israeli Army for Six districts in southwestern Deir al-Balahcausing panic to thousands of residents who were forced to leave at night. Many of them headed to the coastal area of Al-Mauasi, near Han Junis, one of the last remaining security zones.
The UN, through Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), characterized the new evacuation order ‘Another catastrophic blow’ In the already exhausted humanitarian efforts in Gaza. He noted that there are critical infrastructure in Deir al-Balah, such as humanitarian aid warehouses, medical centers and water networks. “Any destruction of these infrastructure will have consequences threatening to life,” Ocha warned.
At the same time, fears of the Israeli hostage families are increasing, as many of the captives are considered to be held in the area. Business escalation raises the risk of jeopardizing their lives.
However, analysts express to the BBC the assessment that the Israeli business may aim to create one A new corridor that will cut Deir al-Balah from the rest of the central Gaza. If confirmed it will be the Third such military axisafter the Necarim corridors in southern Gaza and Morag in Rafa.
To Han JunisEarlier today, an Israeli air strike claimed the lives of at least five people, including a man, his wife and their two children, according to healthcare.
There was no immediate comment on the Israeli side about the incidents in Deir al-Balah and Han Junis.
The Israeli army said it had not entered the districts of Deir al-Balah for which an evacuation order is in place during the current conflict and that it continues to “try with great determination to destroy the enemy’s potential and terrorist infrastructure”.
Israeli forces have stated that the reason why the army has been left out of now is that they suspect that Hamas may hold hostages there. At least 20 of the remaining 50 hostages held in Gaza are considered to be still alive.
Military escalation comes as Gaza’s health officials warned of potential ‘mass deaths’ in the coming days due to hunger, which has already cost the lives of at least 19 people since Saturday, according to the pocket health ministry.
Health officials stated that Hospitals are exhausted by fuel, food aid and drugs while there is a risk of critical functions being suspended.
A spokesman for the Health Ministry, Halil al-Dekrans, said medical personnel receive only one meal a day and that hundreds of people flock to hospitals every day, suffering from fatigue and exhaustion due to hunger.
At least 67 people were killed by an Israeli fire yesterday while waiting for the United Nations trucks entering the Gaza.
The Israeli army said its troops had launched warning shots against thousands of people in northern Gaza to deal with what it described as a “immediate threat”.
He said that on the basis of the first evidence, the reports of the victims announced were inflated and “certainly does not deliberately target humanitarian aid trucks.”
Complicit Hamas and Israel talks
The new raid and the increase in the number of victims seem to complicate talks about a truce between Hamas and Israel, which are currently taking place with the mediation of Qatar and Egypt and the support of the US.
Hamas official told Reuters yesterday that the organization is angry With the increasing number of dead and the food crisis in the enclave, and that this could badly affect the ongoing ceasefire talks in Qatar.
Israel and Hamas have indirect talks in Doha with the aim of achieving a 60 -day truce and an agreement on hostages, although there is no indication of significant progress.
The United Nations service for Palestinians (UNRWA) said in today’s post on X that it is receiving desperate messages from Gaza warning of starvation, even from its own staff as food prices have increased by 40 times.
“In the meantime, just outside Gaza, stacked in warehouses, UNRWA has enough food for the whole population for more than three months. Remove the siege and allow the help to enter safely and in quantities, “he said.
The Israeli army said yesterday that “it considers the transfer of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip issue of the highest importance and is working to make it possible and facilitate its entry into coordination with the international community.”
Information from BBC, Reuters, RES-EIA