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[**AA**](https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-army-retreats-from-northern-gaza/3044119#)

The **Israeli army retreated Saturday from areas it reached in the Gaza Strip amid fierce fighting with Palestinian fighters that left dozens of Israeli soldiers killed or injured.**

**The retreat comes after Israel advanced inside the Gaza Strip in recent days from several axes.**

Israeli warplanes, artillery and warships have intensified attacks on Gaza City and northern Gaza, according to Anadolu.

On the other side, Hamas armed wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, said it attacked Israeli soldiers, military vehicles and tanks with rocket-propelled grenades, especially in the northern area of Gaza City.

**The axe of northern Gaza**

On the northern axe of Gaza, the Israeli forces retracted back after being stationed in the Al-Maqqousi area in northern Gaza City, and in the northern area of the al-Shati refugee camp, northwest of Gaza City.

**Israeli forces returned to the north to station in the Al-Amrikiyah area, northwest of Beit Lahia, meaning the army retreated 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) to position in the area it reached on the first day of the ground operation on Oct. 27.**

**To where Israeli forces are heading?**

Based on the Israeli military ground operation, the Israeli army is seeking to advance from the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood toward the northern parts of Gaza.

It appears from the scale of destruction it caused in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood that it is preparing for ground advances from those areas.

The plan resembles the ground operation on Gaza in 2008 – 2009 which lasted 23 days when Israeli forces advanced from eastern Gaza into the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood.

srael will continue its operations in Gaza until it achieves victory, even if that takes a full year, the nation’s defense minister said Saturday.

“We will remain in Gaza until we win, even if it takes a year,” Yoav Galant said in a public address broadcast by the Israeli Broadcasting Authority.