The Israel Defense Forces announced on Monday that the Gaza humanitarian zone has been expanded in coordination with the Israeli Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) and the international community.
Gazans in the expanded zone have access to field hospitals established since the start of the war, tent compounds, shelter supplies and provision of food, water, medicine and medical equipment, the IDF said.
The army published a map of the expanded zone, including via the X account of Lt. Col. Avichay Adraee, head of the Arab Media Branch in the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit.
“The IDF will continue to work toward achieving the objectives of the war, including dismantling Hamas and returning all hostages,” the IDF said.
The expanded humanitarian zone comes amid an operation to root out a Hamas insurgency in Jabalia and other areas of northern Gaza and as the outgoing Biden administration pressures Jerusalem to meet its demands for Gaza aid.
