Tunnel warfare: Fierce fighting in Gaza City; US says Palestinians must govern Gaza post-war
An image grab from a handout video released by the Hamas Media Office on 8 November 2023, show what it says are battles between al-Qassam Brigades fighters and Israeli ground forces in the northern and southern axes of Gaza City on November 7 and 8.Hamas fighters have reportedly used tunnels to ambush Israeli forces as the fighting reaches Gaza City.
Israel struck Gaza in response to a cross-border Hamas raid on southern Israel on 7 October in which gunmen killed 1 400 people, mostly civilians, and took about 240 hostages, according to Israeli tallies. On Monday, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told ABC News that Israel will"for an indefinite period" have security responsibility for the enclave after the war.
Saleh al-Arouri, an exiled Hamas commander, told Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa TV on Wednesday that its fighters are determined to inflict losses on Israeli forces in ground battles in Gaza."The more spreads and expands on the ground, the deeper its losses will become", he said. Israeli troops took foreign reporters to the edges of Gaza City on Wednesday. Journalists saw a devastated landscape where every building within sight was scarred by battle.Lieutenant Colonel Ido, deputy commander of the 401st Brigade, who did not give his last name, said that by the time soldiers reached these buildings, all the families had left.
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