Israel intensifies southern Gaza offensive as death toll crosses 50,000 since start of Israel-Hamas war | World News
Israel has intensified its offensive in the southern region of Gaza with the military ordering evacuations and Hamas reporting the death of its senior figure as the total death toll crossed 50,000 since the Israel-Hamas war began, the territory’s Hamas-run health minry said on Sunday.
According to reports, Hamas’ political bureau member Salah al-Bardawil was killed along with his wife in an Israeli airstrike on their tent in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis.
The death toll in Gaza, which currently stands at 50,021, is about 2.1% of the 2.3 million pre-war population of Palestine. Palestine’s health minry said that 113,274 others had been injured since the war began on October 7, 2023.
ELIMINATED: Head of Hamas’ Military Intelligence in Southern Gaza and Head of Hamas’ Surveillance And Targeting Unit, Osama Tabash.
Tabash held various senior positions in Hamas, including a battalion commander in the Khan Yunis Brigade.
Tabash was also responsible for… pic.twitter.com/fXbwkIq4K8
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) March 21, 2025
The Israeli military resumed its offensive in Gaza earlier this week as the ceasefire agreement with Hamas fell over as Tel Aviv claimed that the Gaza based militant group refused to agree to the revised terms on extending the first phase of the ceasefire.
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The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) earlier on Sunday issued a warning to evacuate the Tel Sultan area of Rafah in southern Gaza as the military launched its attack against Hamas militants.
Surrounded smoke from a near Israeli army strike, Palestinians walk past tents in central Gaza City. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
In a post, the IDF said it had “launched an attack to strike at terror organizations…The area you are in is considered a dangerous combat zone.”
As per reports, the Israeli airstrike killed at least 30 Palestinians on Sunday in Rafah and Khan Younis region.
The Israel’s military, in a statement said “Over the past hours, IDF troops operated and concluded the encirclement of Tel al-Sultan in Rafah.”
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