{"id":24914,"date":"2025-10-05T04:51:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T04:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=24914"},"modified":"2025-10-05T04:51:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T04:51:03","slug":"israel-says-gaza-city-still-a-combat-zone-after-trump-says-stop-bombing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=24914","title":{"rendered":"Israel says Gaza City still a \u2018combat zone\u2019 after Trump says \u2018stop bombing\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>The Israeli army repeats its threat to Palestinians to leave northern Gaza to the south and not to return to Gaza City.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-04T084224Z_501285275_RC2V4HAN5XA3_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-GAZA-TRUMP-1759568691.jpg?resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Smoke rises following explosions in Gaza City.\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Smoke rises following explosions in Gaza City after Hamas agreed to release captives and accept several other terms in a US plan to end the war, as seen from central Gaza Strip [Dawoud Abu Alkas\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/author\/virginia_pietromarchi_190125132105953\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>The Israeli military has warned Palestinians that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/liveblog\/2025\/10\/4\/live-trumps-tells-israel-stop-bombing-gaza-after-hamas-ceasefire-reply\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gaza\u2019<\/a>s north remains a \u201ccombat zone\u201d, telling its residents to move south, after United States President Donald Trump demanded Israel \u201cstop bombing\u201d the enclave when\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/3\/is-an-end-to-israels-war-on-gaza-finally-in-sight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hamas partially accepted<\/a>\u00a0his ceasefire plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement on X, the Israeli army said on Saturday that the area north of Wadi Gaza, which includes decimated Gaza City, is \u201cstill considered a dangerous combat zone\u201d and called on residents there to move south via Rashid Street, the coastal route. It added that Israeli forces continue to surround Gaza City and \u201cattempts to return there pose a significant risk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Southern Gaza is packed with hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians living in overcrowded enclaves, hoping to be able to return to the north.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe were waiting for this good news. We were waiting for Hamas to accept and for our lives to become as nice as it was before, or even better,\u201d a displaced Palestinian speaking from Nuseirat in central Gaza told Al Jazeera. \u201cWe hope for more good news to come, we hope to return to Gaza City,\u201d he said, without sharing his name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/665003303001\/c48c849a-5ab2-4b50-9ed6-28d871433977\/b5f5a089-29d5-4b83-aae9-0f0a201459f3\/1920x1080\/match\/image.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"playlist-container\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Now Playing01:19<img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/665003303001\/c48c849a-5ab2-4b50-9ed6-28d871433977\/0f7e35c4-ea4d-41c1-871a-f65f0547b731\/426x240\/match\/image.jpg?resize=270%2C152&amp;quality=80 270w, https:\/\/cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/665003303001\/c48c849a-5ab2-4b50-9ed6-28d871433977\/0f7e35c4-ea4d-41c1-871a-f65f0547b731\/426x240\/match\/image.jpg?resize=730%2C410&amp;quality=80 730w\" src=\"https:\/\/cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/665003303001\/c48c849a-5ab2-4b50-9ed6-28d871433977\/0f7e35c4-ea4d-41c1-871a-f65f0547b731\/426x240\/match\/image.jpg?resize=730%2C410&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Palestinians celebrate progress on Trump\u2019s Gaza peace deal \">Palestinians celebrate progress on Trump\u2019s Gaza peace deal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Next02:08<img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/665003303001\/90ed4601-f11f-456d-af0e-581ae27d206e\/e95443e0-c86c-4f69-b74c-84058a20883a\/426x240\/match\/image.jpg?resize=270%2C152&amp;quality=80 270w, https:\/\/cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/665003303001\/90ed4601-f11f-456d-af0e-581ae27d206e\/e95443e0-c86c-4f69-b74c-84058a20883a\/426x240\/match\/image.jpg?resize=730%2C410&amp;quality=80 730w\" src=\"https:\/\/cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/665003303001\/90ed4601-f11f-456d-af0e-581ae27d206e\/e95443e0-c86c-4f69-b74c-84058a20883a\/426x240\/match\/image.jpg?resize=730%2C410&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Trump says Gaza ceasefire will begin immediately once Hamas confirms deal\">Trump says Gaza ceasefire will begin immediately once Hamas confirms deal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>02:26<img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/665003303001\/c3974017-b009-4e8b-8d8d-4573a233af46\/696a7923-785a-4283-9ed0-87c0953b01c7\/426x240\/match\/image.jpg?resize=270%2C152&amp;quality=80 270w, https:\/\/cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/665003303001\/c3974017-b009-4e8b-8d8d-4573a233af46\/696a7923-785a-4283-9ed0-87c0953b01c7\/426x240\/match\/image.jpg?resize=730%2C410&amp;quality=80 730w\" src=\"https:\/\/cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/665003303001\/c3974017-b009-4e8b-8d8d-4573a233af46\/696a7923-785a-4283-9ed0-87c0953b01c7\/426x240\/match\/image.jpg?resize=730%2C410&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Brazil protest: Memorial stands for children of Gaza, Israel &amp; 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Other elements would need further negotiations, the Palestinian group said. Its response was welcomed by Trump and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/4\/world-leaders-weigh-in-on-hamass-positive-response-to-trumps-gaza-plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&nbsp;world leaders<\/a>, despite major sticking points remaining \u2013 such as the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the enclave and Hamas\u2019s disarmament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement in the early hours of Saturday, the Israeli army said the chief of staff had ordered to \u201cadvance readiness\u201d for implementing the first phase of Trump\u2019s plan for the release of all captives. While it was not clear what that meant in terms of military actions, Israeli media reported that Israeli troops had shifted to solely defensive operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get instant alerts and updates based on your interests. Be the first to know when big stories happen.Yes, keep me updated<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, aerial attacks across Gaza continued earlier on Saturday but were sharply less intense. At least 20 people have been killed by Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn, hospital officials have told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/665003303001\/628ba252-ddf9-48fb-b439-dfd06c8e6ea7\/f3ea85a3-37e2-45bc-b4dc-83a669267796\/1920x1080\/match\/image.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Reference Link:- https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/4\/israel-says-gaza-city-still-a-combat-zone-after-trump-says-stop-bombing; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Israeli army repeats its threat to Palestinians to leave northern Gaza to the south and not to return to Gaza City. The Israeli military has warned Palestinians that\u00a0Gaza\u2019s north remains a \u201ccombat zone\u201d, telling its residents to move south, after United States President Donald Trump demanded Israel \u201cstop bombing\u201d the enclave when\u00a0Hamas partially accepted\u00a0his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sample-category","post_format-post-format-aside"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24914"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24915,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24914\/revisions\/24915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}