Israel presses ground campaign against Hamas in 'second stage' of Gaza war

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Israel's prime minister warned Israelis to expect a 'long and hard' campaign. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A view shows rockets launched from Gaza, as seen from Israel's border with Gaza, in southern Israel, on Oct 28.The Israeli military appears to have begun an invasion of Gaza, sending troops into the enclave in what appears to be its longest and most ambitious ground incursion.

"This is the second stage of the war whose goals are clear - to destroy Hamas' governing and military capabilities and to bring the hostages home," Mr Netanyahu told reporters.since the Islamist group Hamas' devastating Oct 7 attack. At least 1,400 Israelis were killed in the deadliest day of the nation's 75-year history, Israeli authorities said.

With many buildings reduced to rubble and shelter hard to find, Gazans are short of food, water, fuel and medicines. Their plight got worse from Friday night when phone and internet services were cut - followed by heavy bombing through the night. The communications outage persisted into Sunday. Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk offered his SpaceX's Starlink satellite network to support communications in Gaza for"internationally recognised aid organisations". Israel responded that it would fight the move, saying Hamas would"use it for terrorist activities".

 

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