Israel Presses Assault on Hamas’s Final Main Gaza Bastion

TEL AVIV—Israeli forces closed in on town of Khan Younis within the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, partaking in shut fight with Hamas fighters in what could possibly be the decisive battle of the two-month-old struggle, whereas residents fled from the combating amid a deteriorating humanitarian state of affairs. 

Hamas, a U.S.-designated terrorist group, is defending its final main bastion in Gaza, the place Israel believes the group’s leaders are hiding and holding hostages, after Israeli forces drove the militants and far of the inhabitants out of Gaza Metropolis within the enclave’s north.