IDF Spokesperson Brigadier General Effie Defrin declared Tuesday evening that “Hamas has turned Gaza City into the largest human shield in history” as Israeli forces expanded ground operations in the terror group’s central stronghold.

Speaking from the Gaza border as the Israel Defense Forces launched the new phase of Operation Gideon’s Chariots II, Defrin outlined the strategic challenge facing Israeli forces in the densely populated urban battleground that serves as Hamas’s primary military and governing hub.

The brigadier general emphasized the unprecedented nature of Hamas’s defensive strategy, which has weaponized civilian infrastructure…

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