The media suggest that bad weather has caused the raid to be postponed. The number of Palestinians killed exceeds 2,300 and 10,000 injured, after another night of bombing. Israel has opened a new exit corridor from northern Gaza.
Tension is highest at the Gaza border, where hundreds of tanks and soldiers are piling up, waiting for the order to begin the ground invasion, which some media outlets suggest has been postponed due to bad weather.
The ground offensive was scheduled for this weekend but has been postponed in part due to the problems cloudy skies pose for drone operators and for Israeli pilots responsible for supporting the Israeli army’s ground forces through the air. The New York Times.
According to this medium, the Israeli army hopes that Hamas will try to prevent the advance of its troops by detonating the transit tunnels as ground troops approach them.
The Israeli army is ‘preparing’ to ‘extend the attack’ to the entire Gaza Strip
Israel’s aim is to destroy the political and military leadership of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), following an unprecedented attack that left more than 1,300 dead in a week, including 286 soldiers.
Israel responded to the offensive with successive retaliatory airstrikes, killing more than 2,300 people so far.
The humanitarian situation in Gaza is complicated by Israel’s possible land invasion
In addition, the Strip remains without water and electricity supplies and humanitarian aid access is blocked.
Block evacuation
Israel issued an ultimatum to evacuate northern Gaza and accused Hamas of blocking the evacuation of civilians. In this context, the Israeli army announced this Saturday to the people of northern and north-central Gaza the opening of an exit corridor south of the enclave, which will remain in force from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. :00-12:00 Euskal Herria). Israel has promised that civilians will be able to walk the central road from Saladin to Khan Younis “without risk of bombardment.”
Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus has reiterated the “call on the people of northern Gaza, Gaza City and the entire northern area” to leave the area and warned that Israel has deployed ground troops along the Gaza border and, while they are already advancing, is “preparation for the next phase of operations.”
“Listen to our warnings. We say there will be significant military activity here and we would urge citizens to evacuate for their own safety,” Conricus said.
Hamas commander executed
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have announced the death of Hamas commander Bilal al Kedra, whom they consider responsible for last Saturday’s attacks on the kibbutzim Nirim and Nir Oz.
Furthermore, they added that other operatives of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad have been eliminated.
That same Saturday, Israel had also announced the deaths of the head of air operations of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, Murad Abu Murad, and of Ali Qadi, a commander of the Hamas strike force known as Nujba.
Source: EITB
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