A ground operation is underway in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. According to media reports, Israeli soldiers clashed with Hamas fighters.
“The terrorists who shot at Israeli soldiers were killed, as were the terrorists identified on the coast of the Gaza Strip in the area near Zikim,” the Israeli army said in a statement on the Telegram platform.
Earlier, Hamas’s armed wing reported clashes with the Israeli army near the town of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip. As reported by the BBC, Hamas claims it “ambushed Israeli soldiers.”
Gaza Strip. Israel changes operation plans?
The New York Times reported that Israel has changed its plans for a full-scale invasion of the Gaza Strip as a result of the efforts of US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and other US officials.
According to the NYT, Israel’s initial invasion plans raised concerns in Washington. Minister Austin raised a fundamental problem in a telephone conversation with Israeli Defense Minister Joav Galant: how Israeli army soldiers could carry out a ground invasion of Gaza, where Hamas maintains a complex network of tunnels under densely populated areas. According to the newspaper’s interlocutor, Israel refined the plan after comments from Austin and other US officials. However, President Joe Biden’s administration insists that the United States will not dictate Israel’s actions regarding the invasion of Gaza.
War in Israel
Tensions rose again in the Middle East on October 7, when militants from the radical Palestinian movement Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip. Hamas said it was in response to aggressive actions by Israeli authorities against the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City.
In response, Israel announced a complete blockade of the Gaza Strip and began launching rocket attacks on Gaza, as well as on some districts of Lebanon and Syria.
Source: Do Rzeczy
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