Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has alleged his forces have dismantled Hamas in Gaza’s southern Khan Younis as part of an almost four-month-old offensive in which 10,000 Palestinian fighters have been killed and the same number wounded, Reuters reports.

“We are achieving our missions in Khan Younis, and we will also reach Rafah and eliminate terror elements that threaten us,” he said in a statement, referring to a city on Gaza’s border with Egypt that has been packed with displaced civilians.