The beginning of the massive Zionist ground invasion of Gaza; 41 Palestinians martyred.
According to Al Jazeera, the Israeli Radio and Television Organization announced that the occupying army began expanding its ground invasion of Rafah and its surrounding areas this morning and has deployed the “36 Gaza Brigade” to the area.
The Reuters news agency also reported that the Israeli Defense Minister has ordered the expansion of the ground military invasion of the Gaza Strip.
“Israeli Katz” said that the expansion of military operations in the Gaza Strip is aimed at controlling a large area of the strip and annexing it to Israeli security zones.
He claimed that the purpose of expanding the ground operations in the Gaza Strip is to increase pressure on Hamas and the residents of Gaza to release all remaining Zionist prisoners in the strip.
This news comes at a time when 41 people have been martyred and many more injured in the Israeli attacks on the central and southern areas of the Gaza Strip this morning.
According to local sources, at least 13 members of one family were martyred in an Israeli airstrike on residential houses in the center of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
The sources added that the occupying army helicopters are also continuing to target areas in Khan Yunis and Rafah.
Dozens of Palestinian families besieged in the Khirbet al-Adas area, north of Rafah, have appealed to the international community for help.