Israel’s army said on Friday it has ended its major month-long operation in the southern Gaza cities of Khan Younis and Deir al-Balah, adding that it killed over 250 militants during the mission. Tunnel routes used by the Palestinian militant group Hamas with a total length of more than 6 kilometres were destroyed during the operation and the bodies of six hostages recovered, the army said. Residents of some neighbourhoods in the south of the Gaza Strip, who had previously been called upon to flee, were allowed to return, an army spokesman announced in Arabic on social media. The neighbourhood…