"Today, there is north Gaza and south Gaza." With these words, Israeli army spokesperson Daniel Hagari asserted on Sunday, November 5, that one of the objectives of the ground offensive against Hamas had been achieved: to cut the Palestinian enclave in two. A month after Hamas's attack on Israel and 10 days after the Israeli army's ground operations were extended, Gaza City is "surrounded," said Hagari.

Le Monde analyzed propaganda videos from the Israeli army and Hamas, as well as satellite images, to understand how Israel's ground offensive in Gaza began.