The Israeli army said Wednesday evening that soldiers breached Hamas defences and have completely encircled the main city in the south of the Gaza Strip. Herzi Halevi, chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), said on Tuesday that soldiers were in the process of surrounding Khan Younis. Israeli tanks and forces moved into the city in recent days and intense urban fighting was reported on Wednesday. IDF troops moved house-to-house in Khan Younis on Wednesday as the intense street battles forced more civilians to flee toward the Egyptian border. Earlier, Israeli Prime Minist…