Israel pushes beyond Gaza’s ‘yellow line,’ seizing 10% more territory in two months
An analysis of new Gaza maps shows that Israeli forces have been pushing westward the so-called yellow line, the lethal ceasefire boundary, occupying an additional 10 percent of the Palestinian territory over the past two months.
The analysis, conducted by Gaza Maps, showed that the area between the truce line and yellow concrete blocks the Israeli military used to mark that line covers nearly 10 percent of the Gaza Strip.
Now, 63 percent of Gaza is in control of the occupation’s army while Palestinians are concentrated into less than 38 percent of the besieged territory, it added.
On October 10, a US-backed ceasefire deal took effect between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas resistance group aimed at bringing an end to the Tel Aviv regime’s two-year-long genocidal war on Gaza.
The truce referred to the yellow line as a temporary withdrawal line for Israeli forces, with further pullbacks expected in later phases of the agreement.
The line cuts the Gaza Strip into two parts, leaving the Israeli military in control of the eastern portion of the blockaded territory.
Since the ceasefire began, however, Israeli troops have steadily been moving westward, occupying more Palestinian neighborhoods and designating them as a no-go zone.
Most of Gaza's roughly 2 million residents have been pushed inside the yellow line, where they are living in the rubble and destruction caused by the Israeli genocide.
Reem Mortaja, a Gaza resident, said her family escaped after they awoke one morning to find a yellow block placed just meters from their home.
“The world thinks the ceasefire is in effect. But we are still living through phases of war, while the occupation goes uncondemned because it operates quietly and swiftly,” she told the Middle East Eye.
“Every day, there are advances, airstrikes or artillery fire. The displacement never stops – and all of it happens in total silence.”
At least 406 Palestinians have been killed and 1,118 others injured since the Gaza ceasefire came into force. Many of the victims were shot by Israeli forces near the yellow line.
Israel unleashed its brutal Gaza onslaught on October 7, 2023, but it failed to achieve its declared objectives despite killing a total of 70,942 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring 171,195 others.
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