The night in the Gaza Strip was marked by airstrikes and heavy artillery attacks. Mobile telephony and internet were disconnected.
“Tonight we are expanding our ground operation in the Gaza Strip,” Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari said Friday evening. Mobile and internet networks have been cut off in the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli Air Force attacked Gaza from the air and Palestinians reported that Israeli soldiers had entered the Gaza Strip. Airstrikes and heavy artillery attacks continue in the northern areas of the Gaza Strip.
Israeli Army spokesman Peter Lerner stated that the expanded operation in the Gaza Strip is not the large-scale invasion that Israel has been talking about for several days. “36 years of Hamas terrorizing Israel is more than enough,” we read on the Israeli army’s profile on social media.
The US responds
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke with Israeli Defense Minister Yov Gallant and emphasized the importance of protecting civilians during the operation in Gaza. The American politician also emphasized the need to organize humanitarian aid for the civilian population in Gaza
Hamas leader Ali Baraka also made a statement. “The occupation forces’ land attack on the Gaza Strip on three fronts has failed. There are heavy losses in the enemy ranks in terms of troops and equipment. The enemy has fallen into ambushes prepared by the Palestinian resistance movement. on many fronts. From the beginning of the battle, plans were in place to defend against any attempted attack. Kornet and Yassin missiles were used to repel the attack, and we expect the enemy to try again,” he wrote.
Bombings
Tel Aviv announced the destruction of Hamas after the terrorists attacked a number of Israeli settlements on October 7. They killed about 1,400 people, mostly civilians, and took hostages. The Qassam Brigades (the armed branch of Hamas) simultaneously fired rockets into Israeli territory.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces have been carrying out unprecedented shelling on the Gaza Strip for almost three weeks. The local Ministry of Health reported on Thursday that the number of deaths exceeded 6,500 (including more than 2,700 children) and 17,000 injured.
Hamas and many Arab states are calling on the world to “act immediately” to stop Israeli bombings.
Source: Do Rzeczy
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