Morag axis

Published on 16 Oct 2025

• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently announced the capture of an area that he referred to as the "Morag axis" in the southern Gaza Strip.

• This area consists mainly of agricultural land located between Khan Younis and Rafah, stretching from east to west across the Gaza Strip.

• It includes parts of what the Israeli military had previously designated as a "humanitarian zone", where they had told internally displaced Palestinians to seek refuge.

• The area had not been identified as an "axis", also known as a "corridor", until Netanyahu's announcement.

• Netanyahu declared the purpose of capturing such an axis or corridor is to force Hamas to release Israeli hostages but is also reportedly to enable the Israeli forces to push out the Palestinians from the territory for complete take over by the Israeli forces.

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