Amid the ongoing war, Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz announced that the army is “tightening the siege” around Gaza City, separating it off from the rest of the region as it increases military offensive against Hamas. The statement is a sharp response to the ongoing peace plan proposed by US President Donald Trump, which Hamas said it will most likely reject.
The difference suggests a possible fallout of the peace plan. Katz also said that the country would expand operational control over the Netzarim corridor, a military road stretching east to west across Gaza, to the Mediterranean coast. The forces worked to disrupt the operational capabilities of the Hamas terrorist organisation in the area. He also said the move would seize Gaza City completely, which, according to the country,