Illegal Israeli settlers have reportedly almost evacuated the entire coastal city of Asqalan in the west of the occupied territories amid the Palestinian resistance’s continued retaliatory rocket strikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reporting on Thursday, a correspondent with Iran’s al-Alam Arabic-language television network said more than 80 percent of the city’s settlers had left. “The city is almost empty and military forces have been deployed to its entrances,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Cradle, an online news magazine, meanwhile, alleged in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, that Israel had decided to officially evacuate the city, which has a population of around 137,000 illegal settlers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The city has been the target of retaliatory rocket barrages from the nearby Palestinian territory of the Gaza Strip since last October 7 when the Israeli regime launched a war against the besieged coastal sliver.
So far, at least 3,859 Palestinians have been killed and some 13,500 others injured as a result of the Israeli military campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Israeli air raids killed a Palestinian baby in the Nuseirat refugee camp and a child west of Khan Yunis.
The war came after the Gaza-based resistance movements of Hamas and Islamic Jihad launched Operation al-Aqsa Storm against the regime in response to its campaign of aggression, violation, and bloodshed against Palestinians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The operation killed around 1,400 people and resulted in the captivity of at least 200 others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier this month, Abu Ubaida, spokesman for al-Qassam Brigades, which is Hamas’ military wing, warned that the movement would soon bring Asqalan under fire as a means of retaliating against the Israeli regime’s incessant aerial assaults.
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