In a statement posted on Telegram, the Palestinian resistance group said that this alteration of the yellow line blatantly contradicts the maps agreed upon in the ceasefire deal on 11 October.
Hamas Spokesperson Hazem Qassem said Israel "is committing a blatant violation by its ongoing efforts to shift the yellow line westward daily, resulting in the mass displacement of our people."
Hamas urged the ceasefire’s mediators and guarantors—including Egypt, Qatar, Turkey, and the United States—to pressure the occupation to halt these violations immediately.
For its part, the Gaza Government Media Office said the Israeli occupation army has shifted the locations of the yellow markers and expanded the area it controls east of Gaza City by 300 metres in the Shuja’iyya and Tuffah neighborhoods
The Hamas statement comes as deadly Israeli airstrikes across Gaza continue for the second day straight.
On Wednesday, Israeli occupation forces conducted one of the deadliest Israeli strikes on the Strip since the ceasefire took hold last month, killing at least 35 people in the Gaza Strip.
On Thursday, Israeli strikes killed five people in the Gaza Strip, three of whom belonged to the same family, including a one-year-old, targeting areas east of Khan Younis in the south.
Sabri Abu Sabt, who lost his granddaughter and son in the latest Israeli attack, told AFP, "We were sleeping peacefully," he said when the harrowing sounds of artillery shelling woke them.
"Every day, there are martyrs. Every day we lose a relative. When will we find relief? Don't we have the right to live," asked Tala Abu Al-Ala, whose sister was killed by the Israeli strikes.
In tandem, as the cold of winter approaches fast, thousands of Palestinians have struggled to find enough food and tents amid Israeli restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid to the strip, in violation of the ceasefire agreement.
Displaced Palestinian girl Tala Abu Sanra (2nd R) mourns over the body of her mother, killed in Israeli strikes, at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. AFP
Escalation and violations
On Thursday, Mediator Qatar strongly condemned the recent Israeli strikes in Gaza, describing them as a “dangerous escalation” that threatens the ceasefire.
In a statement, the Qatari Foreign Ministry called for coordinated regional and international action to uphold the truce and emphasized its firm support for the Palestinian cause.
Meanwhile, the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated the need to fully implement UN Security Council Resolution 2803, highlighting the importance of strengthening the ceasefire, supporting reconstruction in Gaza, and advancing a just and comprehensive resolution to the Palestinian question.
Gaza’s governmental media office said that Israeli violations of the ceasefire, which started last October, number more than 400 and killed more than 300 Palestinians.
WAFA reports that since the ceasefire went into effect on 11 October, Israeli attacks have killed 312 Palestinians and wounded 760 others.
Under the ceasefire agreement, endorsed by the UN Security Council as Resolution 2803 on Monday, Israeli occupation forces are mandated to withdraw gradually from the Gaza Strip.
In the current phase, Israeli occupation troops should be positioned along the so-called yellow line, maintaining control of around 53 percent of the Strip’s territory.
The line runs from south of Gaza City through central Gaza to the outskirts of Rafah in the south. Israeli forces erected concrete posts and signposts to mark the boundary, intending to clarify the limits of Israeli troop positions.
Israeli soldiers have repeatedly opened fire without warning at Palestinians attempting to cross or even approach the line to assess the condition of their homes, retrieve belongings, or return to their communities.
The Israeli attacks on Gaza came as Tel Aviv launched several attacks on Lebanon’s Ain al-Hilweh camp for Palestinian refugees on Wednesday, killing at least 13 people and wounding several others.
Hamas condemned both attacks vehemently, dubbing the attack on the Strip a "dangerous escalation" which could "resume the genocide against our people."
Medical sources in Gaza announced on Wednesday that the death toll in the territory has climbed to 69,546 and the wounded to 170,833, most of them children and women, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023, according to WAFA.
Thousands of victims remain buried under collapsed buildings as ambulances and civil defense crews struggle to reach them amid ongoing dangers and limited resources.
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