Israeli troops are fighting Hamas in northern Gaza, with local hospitals on the front lines. Gaza residents say Israeli forces are getting closer to Shifa hospital, where Israel accuses Hamas of having a command center.
Publish time: 09/11/2023 – 16:37
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Israeli troops battled Hamas militants on Thursday in shelled buildings in the northern Gaza Strip, as the plight of civilians in the besieged Palestinian territory worsened.
Residents of Gaza City, an armed stronghold in the northern part of Hamas-ruled territory, said Israeli tanks were stationed around the city. According to reports, both sides caused heavy casualties to each other in fierce street fighting.
On October 7, Hamas launched a cross-border attack on southern Israel and Israel launched an attack on Gaza. According to Israeli statistics, gunmen killed 1,400 people, mostly civilians, and took about 240 hostages in the attack. This is the worst bloodshed in Israel’s 75-year history.
Israel, which has vowed to destroy Hamas, said 33 soldiers were killed in ground operations advancing into central Gaza.
The Israeli military said on Wednesday it had captured a compound known as Compound 17 in Jabaliya, northern Gaza, after 10 hours of ground and underground fighting with Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants. Mas military stronghold.
The report said troops killed dozens of militants, seized weapons, destroyed tunnel shafts and discovered a Hamas weapons manufacturing site in a residential building in the neighborhood of Sheikha Radwan.
Israeli military footage showed soldiers marching through the rubble into a building with blown-out walls, finding weapons-making equipment, instruction manuals and tunnel shafts with cooling systems. Near the tunnel entrance is a little girl’s bedroom, with pink walls, a pink wardrobe and three small beds.
The armed wing of Hamas said it had killed more Israeli soldiers than the military announced and destroyed dozens of tanks, bulldozers and other vehicles. Hamas released footage of fighter jets firing anti-tank rockets that directly hit vehicles.
According to Reuters, although the fighting is concentrated in the north, southern areas are also frequently under attack.
Thursday’s meeting in Paris, involving Arab states, Western powers, members of the Group of 20 and non-governmental organizations such as Doctors Without Borders, will discuss measures to ease suffering in Gaza, but expectations for fighting are low.
One of the options discussed is the establishment of a maritime corridor, potentially using sea lanes to transport humanitarian aid to Gaza or to evacuate the wounded.
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2023-11-09 15:37:29
