With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promising that forces have entered the 'second stage' of a retaliatory campaign against Hamas militants, the fighting at the northern end of Gaza could prove some of the most critical -- and bloodiest -- fighting to date.
Israeli tanks take position along the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. | Israeli troops are expanding their operations in northern Gaza as the country entered the fourth week of its war against Hamas.
At one point the IDF said that soldiers operating near the Erez crossing, which used to be a border control post for Gazans entering Israel, noticed terrorists “exiting the shaft of a tunnel.” Israeli soldiers “confronted the terrorists, killing and injuring them,” the IDF statement said.Israel also engaged Hamas gunmen near Zikim, a community that sits on dunes above a beach in Israel, next to the border fence in Gaza.
Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant, who has vowed a strong, uncompromising assault on Hamas leaders and fighters, on Sunday met with some of the families of Israelis being held in Gaza. After Hamas attacked, Israel was forced to evacuate 25 border communities. Most of these are small kibbutzim that date from the 1950s. Several suffered a horrendous death toll in the attack, with dozens killed and kidnapped in some communities.
On a recent night, one lone man sat on the roof of a house overlooking Gaza. Nearby soldiers patrolled several small hillocks. New buildings under construction, the cement freshly poured, sat empty, dark and ghostly. In the distance lay Gaza, just a mile away. With Hamas, the U.S. and the world waiting on the Netanyahu government’s next move, IDF spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said late Sunday that Israel has expanded operations into the Gaza Strip with the entry of ground troops. This followed two raids last week by armored vehicles that prepared the ground for the current offensive.
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