Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said the invasion will lead to another lengthy phase of lower-intensity fighting, as Israel destroys ”pockets of resistance.”
Displaced Palestinians shelter at a camp run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in Khan Younis on Thursday.DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israel expects to launch a long and difficult ground offensive into Gaza soon to destroy Hamas, the defense minister said Friday, describing a campaign that will require dismantling a vast network of tunnels used by the territory’s militant rulers.
The Palestinian death toll in Gaza has soared past 7,300, according to officials there. A blockade on Gaza has meant dwindling supplies of food, fuel, water and medicine, and the U.N. warned that its aid operation helping hundreds of thousands of people was “crumbling” amid near-depleted fuel.More than 1,400 people were slain in Israel during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, according to the Israeli government, and at least 229 hostages were taken into Gaza.
Senior Hamas official Izzat al-Rishq called the Israeli reports on al-Shifa “lies” to pave the way for strikes on the hospital. The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, which provides basic services to hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza, said it has been forced to ration fuel among lifesaving machines in hospitals, bakeries, and desalination plants, and only has enough for a few more days. U.N. workers say they will ensure no fuel deliveries go to Hamas.
The military said the soldiers exited the territory without casualties. It reported an earlier raid into northern Gaza on Thursday.of several locations taken before the war and again in recent days. Entire rows of residential buildings simply disappear in the photos, reduced to smears of dust and rubble.
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