How Israel moved its ‘Yellow Line’ deeper into a shattered Gaza City neighbourhood

By Dawoud Abu Alkas, Catherine Cartier, Edward Carron and Rami Ayyub

As Israel moved the blocks marking its armistice line with Hamas deeper into one Gaza neighbourhood in December, it destroyed dozens of buildings and displaced Palestinians in violation of a U.S.-backed ceasefire deal, according to satellite imagery reviewed by Reuters and resident testimony.

In areas across Gaza, Israel has placed the concrete blocks meant to demarcate its “Yellow Line” dozens or sometimes...