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However, Israeli troops are continuing operations in the rest of the Gaza Strip, according to media reports.
The newspaper “Haaretz” writes that the withdrawal is tactical.
An army official told the newspaper that “we have no need to stay in this sector without [operatīvas] needs”.
“We did everything we could there,” the military official said, adding that several thousand Hamas fighters had been killed by Israeli soldiers.
The official stated that the Palestinians who had fled from Han Younis to Rafah will now be able to return home.
The battles in Hanjunis lasted for several months.
Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced at a government meeting on Sunday that Israel is only one step away from victory, and also emphasized that there will be no truce with Hamas until all the Israeli hostages taken by Hamas fighters to the Gaza Strip half a year ago are released.
“We are one step away from victory, but the price we have paid is painful and heartbreaking,” Netanyahu said.
“If the hostages are not returned, there will be no truce. There simply won’t be,” said the prime minister.
He added that “Israel is ready to negotiate, but Israel is not ready to surrender.”
Sunday marks half a year since, on October 7 of last year, terrorists murdered approximately 1,160 people, mostly civilians, and took approximately 250 hostages in the massacre organized by the Palestinian group “Hamas” in Israel. Some of the hostages have been released.
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