Israel-Hamas war in Gaza | Direct: Hamas leader assures that the truce agreement with Israel "is close"

MADRID, 11 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) 

The Israeli Army has claimed to have taken "operational control" of the Gaza port, located in the north of the Strip, within the framework of the military offensive launched against the Palestinian enclave after the attacks carried out on October 7 by the Movement of Islamic Resistance (Hamas), which left nearly 1,200 dead and about 240 kidnapped.

Thus, he stated that Israeli troops took over these facilities, of key importance, "during the last few days", and added that the Palestinian Islamist group used it "as a training center for their forces" and to "order and carry out naval attacks.

"Under the cover of a civilian naval port, Hamas took advantage of the place to train and carry out acts of terrorism, using civilian vessels and the Gaza Naval Police," he stressed, before specifying that "the forces eliminated ten terrorists." and cleaned all the buildings in the area."

On the other hand, the Israeli Army has confirmed the demolition of the monument erected in the port of Gaza to commemorate the victims of the assault carried out in 2010 by the Israeli Navy on the ship 'Mavi Marmara', part of the Freedom Flotilla , which sought to break the naval blockade of Gaza.

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