Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem issued a statement accusing Israel of moving the yellow line westward in the Tuffah neighborhood of eastern Gaza City this morning, calling it a 'blatant violation' of the ceasefire. Qassem linked the move to Prime Minister Netanyahu's stated goal of expanding the area under Israeli control from 60% to 70% of the Strip, according to Hamas.
Hamas has formally accused Israel of violating the ceasefire by pushing the yellow demarcation line westward in the Tuffah neighborhood of eastern Gaza City on Tuesday morning. Spokesman Hazem Qassem released a public notice claiming the move is a 'blatant violation' of the truce and directly linked it to Prime Minister Netanyahu's recent statement — reported by The Zioneer on June 7 — that Israel controls 60% of the Strip and expects to reach 70%. Qassem also directed criticism at the 'Peace Council' and its head, the UN's Nikolay Mladenov, for what Hamas sees as inaction. The claim cannot be independently verified; no IDF or Israeli official statement on the alleged movement was cited in the batch. The incident comes amid heightened sensitivity along the buffer zone, where the IDF has previously deployed yellow concrete barriers and advanced in western Rafah (as documented by The Zioneer on June 4). The accusation itself constitutes a political escalation by Hamas rather than a confirmed operational change on the ground.
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