Witnesses said that tanks were seen in the Zaitun area.
“They have blocked Salahedin Road and are shooting at all vehicles trying to drive on it,” said one resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Israel has repeatedly warned 1.1 million people living in the northern part of the <a href="https://www.archyde.com/israel-hits-hamas-targets-in-gaza-after-shells-fired-from-the-strip/" title="Israel hits Hamas targets in Gaza after shells fired from the strip”>Gaza Strip, including Gaza City, to go south to escape its military strikes.
Although huge numbers of people have left in recent weeks, tens of thousands more are believed to remain in the area.
VIDEO: What Israel’s ground operation in Gaza looks like has been filmed
Israeli forces have stepped up a ground offensive in recent days as part of a military response to the October 7 attacks by Hamas, vowing to destroy the Islamists who control the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military said earlier on Monday that it had killed dozens of Hamas fighters in overnight clashes in the Gaza Strip.
The military said it had struck “more than 600 terrorist targets, including weapons depots, dozens of anti-tank missile launch positions, as well as hideouts and sites used by the Hamas terrorist organization” in recent days.
VIDEO: Bulldozers clear the way for Israeli ground forces
A Palestinian militant group also reported fierce fighting in the northern Gaza Strip, with Israel deploying tanks and troops in ground raids into Palestinian territory.
After Hamas militants, who rule the Gaza Strip, invaded the territory of the Jewish state on October 7 and, according to Israeli officials, killed 1,400 people. people, mostly civilians, and took 230 hostages, Israel began a large-scale bombing campaign against the enclave.
The Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health has said that since then, more than 8,000 people have been killed by Israel’s relentless airstrikes in the Gaza Strip. people.
Israel has also imposed a crippling blockade on the Gaza enclave, leaving its residents with severe food, water and fuel shortages.
Hamas is the Palestinian militant group that rules the Gaza Strip; it has been involved in several wars with Israel since taking over the Gaza Strip in 2007. The group has been recognized as a terrorist by Israel, the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom and some other countries.
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