Conflict & Security
A year into the ceasefire, Israel's advancing "yellow line" is redrawing Gaza's map and blocking recovery of its missing
October 12, 2026 at 06:33 AM
3 reports · 2 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 10 hours
AJAl Jazeera Arabic
عام على التهدئة.. هل يرسم "الخط الأصفر" خريطة جديدة لغزة؟
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Buried bodies, cleared rubble, Israel’s yellow line: How war is hampering the search for Gaza’s missing
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
كيف حوّلت إسرائيل اتفاق غزة إلى "خدعة تكتيكية" لاستمرار الإبادة؟
(opens the publisher’s site)One year after Gaza's October 2025 ceasefire, Israel's shifting "yellow line" has pushed westward, shrinking Palestinian territory and sealing off areas where the dead lie buried.
- A BBC investigation found the yellow line exceeded the ceasefire's mapped course by about 500 meters in Beit Lahia and 290 meters in Khan Younis, with expansions continuing into 2026.
- Gaza Division commander Liron Batito said the Israeli military controls 63 percent of the strip and has built 40 new military sites.
- Euro-Med monitor director Maha al-Husseini said Israeli control has reached 70 percent of Gaza, up from 53 percent at the ceasefire.
- Gaza's Civil Defense said about 1,000 bodies had been recovered while 8,000 people remain missing, with only two excavators available for rubble work.