(19 May 2025)
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Southern Israel – 19 May 2025
1. Tanks near Gaza border
2. Various of military vehicles on the move
3. Various of smoke rising in Gaza as seen from southern Israel
4. Tank on the move
5. Various of tanks positioned at the Israel-Gaza border
6. Various of destruction in Gaza as seen from southern Israel
7. Various of tanks and military positioned at an Israel-Gaza border base
8. Tank moving
9. Various of destruction in Gaza as seen from southern Israel
10. Tank moving
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Israel has launched a new wave of air and ground operations across Gaza, and the army ordered the evacuation of the enclave’s second-largest city, Khan Younis, where Israel carried out a massive operation earlier in the war that left much of the area in ruins.
Israel stepped up its offensive in Gaza in what it says is a bid to pressure Hamas to release the remaining hostages abducted in the October 7, 2023, attack that ignited the war.
Hamas has said it will only release them in exchange for a lasting ceasefire and an Israeli pullout.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israel plans on “taking control of all of Gaza,” and establishing a new system to distribute aid that circumvents Hamas.
He has also said Israel will encourage what he refers to as the voluntary emigration of much of Gaza’s population to other countries.
On Sunday, Israel said it would allow a “basic” amount of aid into Gaza to prevent a “hunger crisis” from developing.
Experts have already warned of potential famine if the blockade imposed on the territory’s roughly 2 million Palestinians is not lifted.
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