Israel military says Gaza City now 'a dangerous combat zone'
Iran Press TV
Friday, 29 August 2025 10:43 AM
The Israeli military has proclaimed Gaza City to be "a dangerous combat zone", as it geared up to fully occupy the largest city in the besieged Palestinian territory following nearly two years of conflict.
"Starting today (Friday), at 10:00 a.m. local time (0700GMT), the local tactical pause in military activity will not apply to the area of Gaza City, which constitutes a dangerous combat zone," the military said in a statement.
The Israeli military is poised to advance on Gaza City, the largest urban center in the area, despite global appeals urging Israel to reassess this action due to concerns that it may result in substantial casualties and displace approximately one million Palestinians currently seeking refuge there.
Israeli officials characterize Gaza City as the final bastion of Hamas. The Israeli military announced in a statement that it is persisting in its onslaughts across Gaza, focusing on what it refers without evidence to as the cells and infrastructure linked to Hamas
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is among the individuals condemning Israel's intensified military campaign to capture Gaza City, stating that it "signals a new and dangerous phase" in the conflict.
According to local medical sources, the number of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn Friday has risen to 30.
A source at the al-Ahli Hospital of Gaza City said among the latest attacks, two people were killed in an Israeli strike on the Zeitoun neighborhood in the southwest of the city.
An emergency worker said a child was killed by Israeli attack in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis.
Four people were killed and three injured in an attack targeting a tent sheltering displaced people in the as-Sudaniya area northwest of Gaza City.
Four more people lost their lives and others sustained injuries in an attack on a house in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood west of Gaza City.
Two people were killed and others were injured in an attack targeting the tents of displaced people east of the port in Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
Nearly 63,000 Palestinians have been killed, mostly women and children, and another 159,266 individuals injured in the brutal Israeli onslaught on Gaza since October 7, 2023, according to the health ministry of Gaza.
In November 2024, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former minister of military affairs Yoav Gallant, citing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for its war on the besieged coastal territory.
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