Cairo –
Israeli forces have taken control of a buffer zone along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, the country’s military said on Wednesday, giving Israel effective authority over the entire land border of the Palestinian territory.
Israel also continued deadly attacks on Rafah in southern Gaza despite an International Court of Justice order to end attacks on the city, where half of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents had previously sought refuge.
In a televised briefing, chief military spokesman Daniel Hagari said Israeli forces have gained “operational” control of the “Philadelphi Corridor,” using the Israeli army’s code name for the 14-kilometer corridor along the Gaza Strip’s only border with Egypt .
