The Israeli army stopped the fighting in the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip between 11:00 and 15:00 Moscow time. This was announced on the X social network (formerly Twitter) by the official representative of the Israel Defense Forces, Avichai Edri.
He explained that this was a tactical suspension of hostilities in the urban areas of As-Salam and Al-Manara.
Israel announced that it was suspending the fighting in the Gaza Strip. So, on November 15, the IDF announced Ceasefire in the north of the Gaza Strip.
The situation in the Middle East escalated after thousands of Hamas militants infiltrated Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7, when Hamas announced the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcedthat the country is at war.
The aim of Israel’s response to Operation Iron Sword was to repel the attack, release more than 200 hostages, including foreigners, and destroy Hamas. In order to achieve this goal, Israel launched major rocket attacks on the Gaza Strip from the first day of the operation. At the same time, the Israeli National Security Council decided to stop the supply of water, food, goods, electricity and fuel to the sector. Humanitarian aid shipments to Gaza began to be sent through the Rafah checkpoint only after October 20, and it was stated that their volume was insufficient.
27 October Israel announced About the “expansion” of the ground operation in Gaza. It is not known exactly when the operation started, but before the operation, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled their homes and moved to shelters and the south of the region. November 5, as part of the ground operation of IDF forces surrounded Gaza city and supplies cut off, still exists in central Gaza to continue fights.
A Russian woman from the Gaza Strip said It’s about the Rafah checkpoint bombing.