2023-10-26 07:57:01
The Israeli military sent some ground troops to the north of the Gaza Strip on Thursday night, but has already ended the operation. Several facilities of the radical Islamic Hamas were attacked before the soldiers withdrew, the military said on Thursday morning. The Army Radio station reported the largest deployment of ground troops to date in the current war.
In a video released by the military from the nighttime operation, armored vehicles could be seen driving through a sandy border zone. Tanks fired grenades. Explosions were seen near or amid a number of damaged buildings.
The military said the incursion was “in preparation for the next phases of the fight.” This could be a reference to a large-scale invasion of ground troops, which the Israeli government has repeatedly threatened. The government’s stated goal is to wipe out the militant Palestinian organization Hamas. “The soldiers have now left the area and returned to Israeli territory,” the military statement continued.
On Sunday, the Israeli military began small-scale attacks on the ground. The Israeli military’s massive air strikes in response to Hamas’ surprise attack on October 7 continue. According to Israeli figures, around 1,400 people were killed in the Hamas attack. According to the Israeli army, at least 222 other people were forcibly taken into the Gaza Strip. Four hostages have now been released. Hamas says it will only release more hostages if Israel allows fuel and medicine to be delivered to the Gaza Strip.
The number of Palestinians killed in Israeli counterstrikes from the air in the Gaza Strip has now risen to 6,547, according to the local health authority. As the UN emergency relief office OCHA announced on Thursday morning, citing the Hamas-controlled authority, 68 percent of the fatalities were said to be children and women. Around 1,600 people in Gaza are considered missing. These figures cannot be independently verified.
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