‘Gaza Strip cut into two’: Israeli Army amid significant strikes

As Israel is continuously pounded in Gaza, the Israeli Army has said that ‘significant strikes’ are being carried out and the Strip has been ‘cut into two,’ according to media reports.

Gaza has been cut into two parts: Israeli Army

Army spokesperson Daniel Hagari said that the Israeli forces have encircled Gaza City and now there exists a south Gaza and a north Gaza.

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"Troops reached the coastline and are holding it", he added. "There are now widespread strikes on terror infrastructure – below ground and above it," said Hagari.

In another statement, Chief of the General Staff, LTG Herzi Halevi, during a meeting in the Northern Command, said that the IDF is ready to strike in northern Gaza at ‘any moment.’

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Taking it to X, the IDF said, "We have a clear goal of restoring a significantly better security situation at the borders, not only in the Gaza Strip...We are ready to strike in the north at any moment.”

"We have a clear goal of restoring a significantly better security situation at the borders, not only in the Gaza Strip... We are ready to strike in the north at any moment."

- The Chief of the General Staff, LTG Herzi Halevi, during a meeting in the Northern Command pic.twitter.com/3aPpu8hMen

— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) November 5, 2023

No ceasefire until Hamas releases hostages: Benjamin Netanyahu

On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also declared that Israel will not agree to a ceasefire until the Hamas terror group releases the hostages it is holding, The Times of Israel reported.

"Take this (word 'ceasefire') out of the lexicon. We will continue until we defeat them; we do not have an alternative," Netanyahu is quoted saying in a statement from his office.

Meanwhile, Israeli envoy to the US, Michael Herzog called Gaza the world's "biggest terror complex,” as per media reports.

‘Biggest terror complex in world’

Further, the US envoy said that Gaza is "the biggest terror complex in the world," with tens of thousands of fighters and rockets, among other weaponry and 310 miles (500 kilometres) of underground tunnels.

"This is what we're up against. And we have to uproot it because if we do not, they will strike again and again," Michael Herzog said in a media interview.