Israeli troops have occupied about a third of the territory of the Gaza Strip

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have established direct ground control over more than 30% of the territory of the Gaza Strip. This was reported by The Wall Street Journal on April 15.

"Israeli forces occupied about a third of the Gaza Strip during the renewed hostilities, declaring security zones in the north and south and displacing the population from there as part of a new strategy to increase pressure on Hamas," the article says.

The newspaper writes that the largest part of the occupied territories is located in the Rafah province in southern Gaza. It is noted that this area is now cut off from the rest of the enclave.

In addition, sources told the WSJ that Israel plans to expand controlled areas in northern Gaza.

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Earlier in the day, the Turkish Daily Sabah newspaper reported, citing the Gaza Ministry of Health, that more than 51,000 people had been killed in the enclave since the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict began. In addition, over 116,000 residents of the Gaza Strip were injured.

The IDF resumed military operations against Hamas in Gaza on March 18. The press service of the Gaza Ministry of Health reported on March 28 that since then, more than 890 people have died as a result of Israeli attacks, and more than 1980 have been injured.