Israeli tanks are pushing for a large residential area of ​​Gaza

Local residents and eyewitnesses say dozens of Israeli tanks and military vehicles pushed into a large residential area of ​​Gaza, the next day of the offensive offensive, aimed at the occupation.

The video shows tanks, bulldozers and armored personnel carriers moving along the edges of Sheikh Radun, in the north of Gaza. The thick clouds of smoke can be seen as the Israeli forces of fire artillery shells and smoke bombs to cover your advance.

In the area of ​​Sheikh Radun, there were tens of thousands of people before the war and is considered one of the most populous areas of the city.

Israel says the purpose of its gas is free hostage conducted by Hamas and to defeat up to 3,000 fighters in what it describes as the “last firm”, but the operation caused a wide international condemnation.

Leaders of more than 20 major assistance agencies, including “preserve children” and “Oxf”, warned that “the inhibition of the gas situation is unreasonable.”

Residents of Sheikh Radun said that the invasion followed the wave of heavy air strikes and the main streets across the neighborhood on Wednesday, which seemed to be prepared for the attack.

Saad Hamada, a local resident who fled south with his family on Wednesday, told the BBC: “Drones left nothing. They got into solar panels, electricity generators, water tanks, even the Internet.

“Life has become impossible, and this was why most people leave, despite the danger.”

Sheikh Radun includes the areas of Abu-Iskandar, al-Tavam and al-Saphtavi, and crosses al-jalaa Street, a vital artery connecting the central city of Gaza with its northern districts.

Locals say Israeli control over the neighborhood can open the way to move deeper into the city and reach the central areas.

Images of tanks on the streets of Gaza caused wide panic among residents, especially those still living in the western and central part of the city.

Witnesses stated that the view of the tanks approaching their houses was revived by the memories of the previous invasions that ended when the whole quarters were flattened.

The invasion of Sheikh Radun caused another wave of relocation, and thousands of families fled south.

Long lines of cars and carts loaded with things were seen on the roads when the Israeli army opened the route south across the road Salahadin. Residents have reported trips that take hours and cost hundreds of shekels due to the transit deficit and price rise.

Before the war, Sheikh Radun was one of the most lively areas of Gaza, where dozens of schools, mosques and the market live.

In recent months, it has already been re -impressed by air raids, and there is a wide destruction, but the view of the tanks in the area now means a significant new phase in the company of Israel.

Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced Wednesday morning that he had Applied more than 150 goals in Gaza In two days in support of their ground troops.

IDF reports also uses old military vehicles loaded with explosives that have been changed for remote control. According to Israeli media, they are led to Hamas’s positions and undermined.

Nidal al-Sherby resident told BBC Arabic’s Bright East Daily: “Last night, it was extremely difficult, with continuous explosions and shelling that lasted from the night before dawn.”

“Israeli vehicles came out of Sheikh Radun, Tal-Al-Hava, as well as from Shezha. It was a very, very scary night.”

Group of assistance, UN agencies and others say that the “humanitarian region” is expected to move into heavily overcrowded and insufficient to support around two million Palestinians who will presumably take it from it.

Some who complied with the evacuation of the military into the zone say they did not find a place to set up tents, so they returned to the north.

“Daily leaves rush to evacuation to the US, while the Israeli armies of buildings are in any direction,” said the BBC Munir Azzz, which is in Northern Gaza. “But where can we go? We have no shelter in the south.”

On Tuesday, IDF said about 350,000 people escaped from gas and the UN set the figure in 190,000 since August. The estimates suggest that at least 650,000 remain.

On October 7, 2023, Israel began his war in Gaza in response to the attack under the direction of Hamas on Southern Israel, killing about 1,200 people, and another 251 took hold.

At least 65,062 people were killed in Israeli attacks, almost half of them women and children, the Ministry of Health reports.

On Wednesday, it was said that 98 people were killed in the last 24 hours and 385 were injured in Israel’s fire. Another four people died from malnutrition by taking the total number of death -related deaths A body supported, announced hunger in Gaza City At the end of August to 154, they added.

The UN warns that the strengthening of the offensive will push civilians to “an even deeper disaster”.

UN Commission said on Tuesday Israel committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. The Israeli Foreign Ministry rejected the report and announced it as “distorted and false”.