Hamas accused Israel of pushing the "yellow line" west in violation of the fragile ceasefire in effect, which ended the two-year genocidal war on the Strip, in a bid to expand the zone under Israeli occupation.

In a statement posted on Telegram, the Palestinian resistance group said that this alteration of the yellow line blatantly contradicts the maps agreed upon in the ceasefire deal on 11 October.

Hamas Spokesperson Hazem Qassem said Israel "is committing a blatant violation by its ongoing efforts to shift the yellow line westward daily, resulting in the mass displacement of our people."

Hamas urged the ceasefire’s mediators and guarantors—including Egypt, Qatar, Turkey, and the United States—to pressure the occupation to halt these violations immediately.

For its part, the Gaza Government Media Office said the Israeli occupation army has shifted the locations of the yellow markers and expanded the area it controls east of Gaza City by 300 metres in the Shuja’iyya and Tuffah neighborhoods

The Hamas statement comes as deadly Israeli airstrikes across Gaza continue for the second day straight.

On Wednesday, Israeli occupation forces conducted one of the deadliest Israeli strikes on the Strip since the ceasefire took hold last month, killing at least 35 people in the Gaza Strip. 

On Thursday, Israeli strikes killed five people in the Gaza Strip, three of whom belonged to the same family, including a one-year-old, targeting areas east of Khan Younis in the south. 

Sabri Abu Sabt, who lost his granddaughter and son in the latest Israeli attack, told AFP, "We were sleeping peacefully," he said when the harrowing sounds of artillery shelling woke them. 

"Every day, there are martyrs. Every day we lose a relative. When will we find relief? Don't we have the right to live," asked Tala Abu Al-Ala, whose sister was killed by the Israeli strikes. 

In tandem, as the cold of winter approaches fast, thousands of Palestinians have struggled to find enough food and tents amid Israeli restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid to the strip, in violation of the ceasefire agreement.