The Israeli army spokesman, Daniel Hagari, has been saying for weeks that the focus of Israel’s ground offensive is now in the southern city of Khan Younis.

Remember, this is Gaza’s second-largest city and the Israeli army has said for some time that they believe all of Hamas’s leadership as well as an abundance of fighters are in this southern city.

The Israeli army also says that they believe captives are being held in tunnels underneath Khan Younis.

The focus on Khan Younis comes as the Israeli army said they have fully dismantled Hamas’s military capabilities in the north, which we do know is not completely true, because there are still pockets of fighters – there are still rockets being launched from there.

The Israeli army even says that there are exchanges of fire in Gaza City, but in southern Gaza is where they say they are shifting a lot of their focus on the hopes of retrieving the captives but also dismantling Hamas’s military capabilities there.

But that challenge is going to prove quite difficult given how many displaced Palestinians there are.

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