The Financial Times revealed that Israel has seized about 1,000 square kilometers of land since the attack on October 7, 2023, distributed between southern Lebanon, the Gaza Strip and Syria, as part of the military operations and field expansion that accompanied the ongoing war in the region.
According to the newspaper, about half of this area is located in southern Lebanon, while the other areas are distributed between Gaza and the Syrian territories, an indication of the extent of the field changes imposed by Israel since the outbreak of the war.
The Financial Times indicated that Israeli forces established military sites and deployment points inside Gaza, southern Lebanon and Syria, and controlled territory equivalent to about 5% of Israel’s borders recognized in 1949.
This report comes at a time when Israeli military operations are continuing on more than one front, amid mounting international warnings of attempts to impose new geographical and security realities in the region under the cover of war and security tensions.
In southern Lebanon, Israel continues to carry out limited raids and incursions into the border areas, in parallel with continuing confrontations with Hezbollah, while the Syrian front is also witnessing repeated strikes and military operations linked to the Iranian presence and its allies.
As for the Gaza Strip, Israel faces increasing international accusations of seeking to impose broad demographic and geographic changes after long months of war, destruction, and displacement.
Observers believe that the numbers revealed by the British newspaper reflect the magnitude of the transformations imposed by the war since October 7, amid fears that temporary military control will turn into long-term realities on the ground.
