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Israeli defense minister: IDF has conquered western Gaza City

Israeli forces have conquered and eliminated all terrorist threats from the western side of Gaza City, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced on Thursday afternoon.

Speaking following a situational assessment and a visit to the IDF's 36th Armored Division, Gallant noted that the IDF has "significant findings" from its operation in Al-Shifa Hospital.

He also said that the Israeli military had conquered the Western part of the main city in the Strip, adding the IDF had begun its second stage of the war.