Israel’s defense minister, who has been in conflict with the Palestinian armed faction Hamas for two weeks, indicated yesterday (19th) that the entry of ground troops into the Gaza Strip was imminent.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said to his country’s troops gathered at the Gaza border that day, “Right now we are looking at the Gaza Strip from afar, but soon we will see it from the inside.”
Since the surprise attack by Hamas on the 7th, which resulted in the deaths of more than 1,400 Israelis, Israel has imposed a blockade on the Gaza Strip and mobilized its military forces at the border area, and has continued bombing targeting Hamas forces that control the Gaza Strip. .
The Israeli military said in a statement today (20th), “Military fighter jets hit the command and control center of Hamas terrorists, who fired rockets and mortars toward Israel.”
Meanwhile, the Gaza Strip’s Interior Ministry announced that several refugees who had taken refuge in a Greek Orthodox church building in the Gaza Strip were killed or injured in an Israeli military airstrike today (20th), and the Israeli military responded by saying, “The wall of a church in the area was damaged.” “He acknowledged the airstrike.
Meanwhile, US broadcasters such as CNN reported that the provision of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip through Rafah, the border crossing with Egypt, is being delayed.
Earlier, in a phone call with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, U.S. President Joe Biden agreed to send 20 trucks loaded with humanitarian aid materials through Rafah.
VOA News
*This article references Reuters.
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2023-10-20 15:20:00
