Overview
- The New York Times’ satellite analysis estimated more than 2,500 structures have been razed since the October cease-fire, with destruction recorded on both sides of the Yellow Line and across farmland and greenhouses.
- Defense Minister Israel Katz publicly praised the IDF for demolitions and said operations will continue to destroy tunnels and the buildings above them to eliminate perceived threats.
- Haaretz published new Planet Labs images showing IDF entrenchment along the Yellow Line and activity hundreds of meters into areas officially mapped as outside Israeli control, with barriers shifted westward in places.
- Forensic Architecture reported 48 IDF outposts along the Yellow Line, including 13 established after the cease-fire, linked by roads to Israel and including a newly built road in eastern Khan Yunis.
- UN rapporteurs and legal scholars say the scale of demolition during a general cease-fire likely violates Article 53 of the Fourth Geneva Convention and risks forced displacement, complicating the phased withdrawal plan.