Israel Advances Yellow Line Deeper Into Gaza — SkimNews
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- Israel has advanced the Yellow Line in Gaza westward, now controlling approximately 65% of the territory—up from the 53% agreed under the October 2025 "ceasefire" deal, according to the United Nations.
- On October 11, Israeli forces moved yellow concrete blocks dozens of metres westward in Shujayea, eastern Gaza City, forcing Palestinian families to flee and bringing more of the neighborhood under military control.
- Mahmoud Harzeen, a 35-year-old father of 10, has been displaced six times as the line inches closer each time, with his most recent tent lasting only one night before he had to move again.
- Israel has killed nearly 1,500 Palestinians in the year since the "ceasefire" and over 74,000 since the war began in October 2023, per the source.
- Asma Ali, a 32-year-old mother of three from Shujayea, has been displaced seven or eight times since the ceasefire, describing a cycle of fleeing at night and returning in the morning; her family lost belongings including a medical brace for her disabled son that she had for only two days.
- Moving the Yellow Line forward involves tanks, infantry, drones, helicopters, artillery fire, and heavy shelling, making the nights when the line advances particularly terrifying for nearby residents, according to displaced families.
Why it matters: Despite a year-old "ceasefire," Israel has expanded its control of Gaza from 53% to 65%, with a military boundary that keeps moving—displaced families like Harzeen's and Ali's have no stable zone to retreat to, soaring rents block safer housing, and nearly 1,500 Palestinians have been killed in the same period the deal was supposed to halt violence.
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