'Israeli forces have been pushing further south inside the Gaza Strip' 'Israeli forces have been pushing further south inside the Gaza Strip', said France 24 Senior Reporter Catherine Norris Trent. They have been operating in Khan Younes, the largest city in the southern Gaza Strip, "where Gazans were initially ordered to flee at the beginning of the invasion". "You have got people there who have been displaced numerous times already, and they are being driven further and further south", said Trent.