Al Mayadeen English

  • Ar
  • Es
  • x
Al Mayadeen English

Slogan

  • News
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Sports
    • Arts&Culture
    • Health
    • Miscellaneous
    • Technology
    • Environment
  • Articles
    • Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Blog
    • Features
  • Videos
    • NewsFeed
    • Video Features
    • Explainers
    • TV
    • Digital Series
  • Infographs
  • In Pictures
  • • LIVE
News
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts&Culture
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Technology
  • Environment
Articles
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Blog
  • Features
Videos
  • NewsFeed
  • Video Features
  • Explainers
  • TV
  • Digital Series
Infographs
In Pictures
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • MENA
  • Palestine
  • US & Canada
BREAKING
Iran's representative to the United Nations, in a letter to Guterres and the Security Council: The threat of America and the Zionist entity to assassinate the Supreme Leader is state terrorism.
Washington to the Security Council: The goal was to destroy Iran's uranium enrichment capacity and prevent the threat of Tehran obtaining and using a nuclear weapon
Lebanese Health Ministry: 1 woman martyred, 11 wounded in Israeli strike on residential apartment in Nabatieh, South Lebanon.
Al Mayadeen's correspondent: Four civilians injured in Israeli strike that targeted house in Nabatieh al-Fawqa, South Lebanon.
Al Mayadeen's correspondent in South Lebanon: Israeli warplanes launch strikes on regions of al-Mahmoudiyah, al-Khardali
Al Mayadeen's correspondent in South Lebanon: Israeli aircraft execute series of strikes in Kfar Tibnit, South Lebanon.
Iranian ambassador in Beijing to Al Mayadeen: We hope that Europe and the US give up their illegal actions and authoritarian hegemony.
Al Mayadeen's correspondent: Israeli shelling targets displaced persons' tent in Al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, casualties were reported
IOF storm Jalazone camp, north of Al Bireh city in the occupied West Bank
Israeli media: A severe incident reported in Gaza some time ago

After promoting it as 'safe', IOF say south Gaza invasion underway

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: News websites
  • 4 Dec 2023 01:35
  • 1 Shares
3 Min Read

The Israeli occupation forces' Chief of Staff says the invasion of south Gaza will be no less powerful than that of the north.

  • x
  • Israeli Chief of Staff: Invasion of Southern Gaza Strip underway
    Palestinian civilians are seen as they seek refuge outside of their of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip after the Israeli occupation forces launched a ground invasion in the district, the Gaza Strip, Palestine, December 3, 2023. (AFP)

The Israeli occupation forces' Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi has said that the occupation's ground invasion in the southern part of the Gaza Strip has already begun.

Halevi made the announcement while meeting with the Gaza Division's soldiers.

"It will be no less powerful than [the invasion in northern Gaza], it will have no less results," he emphasized, adding that Hamas commanders will meet Israeli occupation forces "everywhere".

On the contrary, at least eight Israeli soldiers were killed today in an ambush to the north of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. The invading infantry force was lured into a minefield set by al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas' military wing. The Resistance faction announced that one of its fighters was sent to the site of the ambush and eliminated occupation soldiers who survived the detonation, from point-blank range.

Related News

Satellite images reveal Iran repairing Fordow site after strike

Trump predicts Gaza ceasefire within a week

"Israel's" plots for Gazans clearer than ever

Paired with its aggression on the Gaza Strip, the occupation had launched a fierce media campaign, marketing the southern areas of the Strip as safe areas for civilians to take refuge in. In fact, the occupation distributed thousands of pamphlets via airdrops in northern areas, advising civilians to head south. 

Palestinians living in Gaza City, Beit Lahia, and Beit Hanoun, among other areas and refugee camps, were given an alternative to getting bombed in schools, hospitals, and residential buildings, or so it seemed.

In this context, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were forcibly displaced to southern areas of the Strip, in hopes of surviving the indiscriminate Israeli aggression. In light of the recent escalation and intensified bombing of southern areas, particularly Khan Younis, the Israeli agenda to ethnically cleanse and commit genocide against Palestinians appears more evident than ever.

The US' public and alleged requests to heed the occupation from taking such actions have obviously failed. On Friday, John Kirby, the White House National Security Council director, told Bloomberg TV that the US will not "support southern operation unless or until [the Israelis] have factored in all those additional civilians – actually, all civilians, but noting that there are now hundreds of thousands more civilians."

The occupation has not made such efforts, of factoring in civilians, and instead has chosen to escalate its aggression against Palestinians, marking another failure of US foreign policy, which had prided itself on allegedly defending freedoms and human rights around the world.

Read more: 'Israel' massacres hundreds in residential areas across Gaza Strip

  • United States
  • Gaza Strip
  • Palestine
  • Israeli aggression
  • Israel
  • Deir al-Balah
  • Israeli occupation forces
  • Herzi Halevi
  • Israeli occupation
  • Israeli war crimes
  • Khan Younis
  • John Kirby
  • Gaza
War on Gaza

War on Gaza

Most Read

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attends a protest following the US attacks on nuclear sites in Iran, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP)

Iran declares victory as ceasefire forces Israeli retreat

  • Politics
  • 24 Jun 2025
Israeli workers survey the site where a missile launched from Iran struck in Haifa on Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP)

True Promise 3, wave 20: 40 missiles launched, Kheibar-Shekan in first

  • Politics
  • 22 Jun 2025
Iran launches strikes on Israeli targets, despite alleged ceasefire

Iran victorious as ceasefire with 'Israel' takes effect

  • Politics
  • 24 Jun 2025
Iranian worshippers carry their country's flags in a protest to condemn Israeli attacks on multiple cities across Iran, after the Friday prayers ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP)

Iran warns of NPT withdrawal, Strait of Hormuz closure after US attack

  • Politics
  • 22 Jun 2025

Coverage

All
The Ummah's Martyrs

Read Next

All
Israeli occupation soldiers search for settlers amid the rubble of buildings destroyed by an Iranian missile strike in Bat Yam, central occupied Palestine, on Sunday, June 15, 2025 (AP)
Politics

Iran missile strike flattens Bat Yam, displaces 2,000 settlers

Palestinian fighters from the Islamic Jihad militant group riding on a truck with weaponry on display take part in an anti-Israel parade marking the 36th anniversary of the movement's founding, in Gaza City, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023 (AP)
Politics

Palestinian Resistance attacks Israeli forces in Khan Younis, Jabalia

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stands waiting to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin for the talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, June 23, 2025 (AP)
Politics

Iran suspends IAEA cooperation, Araghchi blames Grossi for attacks

The commander of the Quds Force's Palestine Unit, Brigadier General Mohammad Said Izadi (Illustrated by Mahdi Rtail for Al Mayadeen English)
Politics

Who was Mohammad Said Izadi, head of the Quds Force's Palestine Unit?

Al Mayadeen English

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel.

All Rights Reserved

  • x
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
Android
iOS