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‘Morag axis’: What we know
3 April 2025 12:44 BST
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday the capture of an area that he referred to as the "Morag axis" in the southern Gaza Strip.
This area consists mainly of agricultural land located between Khan Younis and Rafah, stretching from east to west across the Gaza Strip.
It includes parts of what the Israeli military had previously designated as a "humanitarian zone", where they had told internally displaced Palestinians to seek refuge.
The area had not been identified as an "axis", also known as a "corridor", before Netanyahu's announcement.
The name "Morag" that he used refers to an illegal Israeli settlement that was established in the region between 1972 and 2005.
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