(MENAFN- Nam News Network) JERUSALEM/GAZA, Nov 4 (NNN-MA'AN/WAFA) – Zionist Israel rejected a request by mediators, to allow about 200 militants, to safely exit an underground tunnel in southern Gaza, and return to an area not controlled by the Israeli military, a Zionist Israeli regime official said, yesterday.

The militants, holed up in a tunnel in Rafah, behind the“yellow line,” that marks the Barbaric Israeli army's withdrawal zone, under the current ceasefire agreement,“must either surrender and be imprisoned or be killed,” the official said, on condition of anonymity.

Meanwhile, the brutal Israeli military said in a statement yesterday that, after identifying militants allegedly crossing the“yellow line” and posing“an immediate threat,” Israeli troops struck the militants from the air and on the ground.

Palestinian medical sources said, at least two Palestinians were killed, when the extremely cruel Israeli forces opened fire with machine guns on civilians, north of Rafah.

Despite the ceasefire, that took effect on Oct 10, not less than 236 Palestinians, including women and children, had been murdered, and 600 wounded by Israeli fire, Gaza health authorities said. The total death toll from Israeli strikes since Oct 7, 2023, had reached 68,865.

The Hamas-run media office yesterday accused Israel of committing 194 violations of the ceasefire, adding that, the aid delivered into Gaza, since Oct 10, does not exceed 24 percent of the agreed-upon amount, due to the Zionist Israel's obstruction.

Also yesterday, Hamas spokesman, Hazem Qassem, condemned Israel's continued demolition of homes and residential areas in Gaza, saying, the operations“constitute a clear violation of the ceasefire agreement.”

He called on mediators to pressure the barbaric Israeli regime, to halt the“ongoing violations,” including daily killings, the continued blockade, restrictions on aid, and the closure of the Rafah border crossing.– NNN-MA'AN/WAFA

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