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"From this moment, Khan Yunis will be considered a dangerous combat zone," he said on social media.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a video posted on Telegram, said that "the fighting is intense and we are making progress."
"We will take control of all the territory of the strip," he added. "We will not give up. But in order to succeed, we must act in a way that cannot be stopped," Netanyahu said. Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard on Monday condemned Israel's plans to take control of the Gaza Strip, saying the move would violate international law.
"If this means annexation, it is against international law. Sweden stands firm in its belief that Gaza's territory must not be changed or reduced," she said.
She also urged Israel to allow a resumption of humanitarian aid to Gaza. After more than two months of a total blockade, the World Health Organization issued a stark warning on the humanitarian crisis in the besieged Gaza Strip, saying "two million people are starving".
Under mounting pressure, Israel allowed limited aid into the besieged territory on Monday.
Netanyahu cited "practical and diplomatic reasons" for the resumption. Gaza's civil defense agency said 52 people were killed in Israeli attacks on Monday across the territory.
The UN's OHCHR rights office decried actions that are "in defiance of international law and tantamount to ethnic cleansing", citing the latest attacks, displacement, the "methodical destruction of entire neighborhoods" and denial of humanitarian aid.