The Israeli army has said its forces are battling Hamas fighters inside Gaza’s largest city, signalling a major new stage a month into a war that has claimed thousands of lives and levelled large areas of the territory.
About 240 people abducted by Hamas during the attack remain in the militants’ hands. More than 250,000 people have evacuated homes near Gaza and the Lebanon border amid continuous militant rocket fire toward Israeli cities and towns. Chief military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said Israeli ground forces “are located right now in a ground operation in the depths of Gaza City and putting great pressure on Hamas”.
Hundreds of thousands have heeded Israeli orders to head to the southern part of Gaza, out of the ground assault’s path. Others are afraid to do so since Israeli troops control part of the north-south route.But bombardment of the south has also continued. An Israeli air strike destroyed several homes early on Tuesday in Khan Younis. An Associated Press journalist at the scene saw first responders pulling five bodies — including three children — from the rubble.
The Israelis have vowed to remove Hamas from power and crush its military capabilities — but neither Israel nor its main ally, the US, has said what would come next. He did not make clear what shape that security control would take. US officials have advised that Israel should not re-occupy the Gaza Strip.
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