(Ynet News) Yoav Zitun - While the eyes of the world are focused on Rafah, where the IDF has begun a limited and targeted ground operation, Hamas is retaking sections of Gaza left unattended. The IDF has recently completed the construction of four large outposts along the Netzarim Corridor, a 3-km. strip of land dividing northern and southern Gaza, for hundreds of soldiers, including those responsible for securing the new port constructed by the U.S. military. To the south of the corridor, the IDF has identified a build-up of hundreds of Hamas operatives. There is almost daily mortar fire toward IDF forces in the corridor. Thousands of Hamas operatives have returned in recent weeks to impose their control over the population that returned to Khan Yunis.
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