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"Troops of the 36th Division reached the coast in Gaza. We’ve completed encircling northern Gaza, separating Hamas strongholds in the north from the south. This is proving to be effective," IDF spokesman Lt. Col. Richard Hecht said."In the meantime, we’ve been urging civilians in north Gaza to evacuate for weeks. We will continue to allow civilians to evacuate through the evacuation corridor that we’ve opened, despite Hamas efforts to stop them.
Israeli military officials have said they are allowing civilians in the north to use an evacuation corridor to the south, though those routes have not been completely safe from Israel's aerial campaign, according to the outlet. The death toll in Gaza, even if not exact, represents a significant jump in the number of Palestinian fatalities in a given year, dating back 15 years. In only one year since 2008 did the death toll in Gaza exceed 2,000, and that was in 2014, a year that included a six-week war between Israel and Hamas that was prompted by the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenage soldiers in the West Bank.
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