CAIRO/JERUSALEM: As the UN Security Council prepared to vote on a resolution to boost humanitarian aid and prevent famine in Gaza, Israeli forces announced a new expansion of their ground offensive into the central part of the territory on Friday.
With no sign of progress in the talks in Egypt this week to reach a new ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian enclave witnessed more air strikes, artillery fire and clashes.
On Friday, Israel’s military told the residents of Al-Bureij, in central Gaza, to flee southward, signalling a new target of the ground invasion that has already destroyed the north of the Strip and made several raids in the south.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to wipe out Hamas after the group launched a cross-border attack on October 7, killing 1,200 and capturing 240 hostages, according to Israeli counts.

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