2023-10-28 06:54:57
The Israel Defense Forces began the ground offensive against Hamas and there is already fighting in the Gaza Strip
(Special envoy to Tel Aviv, Israel) Fighting is already taking place in Gaza between soldiers from Israel and Hamas, while awaiting the response of the terrorist organization Hezbollah, which by order of Iran operates from the border with Lebanon.
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The clashes between the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Hamas escalated around midnight (local time) and took place in the cities of Bein Hamoun and Al Bureij, located in the center of the Strip. Israeli troops advanced with tanks and soldiers, while the terrorists responded with anti-tank grenades, artillery fire and successive waves of drones.
In Gaza communications were cut off and the internet does not work. Israel did not report dead or wounded soldiers, and the war cabinet assured Infobae that “the offensive will be in stages” trying to consolidate the “ground gained” and preventing “urban combat from being a trap” for the Defense Forces of Israel. Israel.
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During the first hours of the confrontation, Israeli aviation shot down Ezzam Abu Raffa, head of the Hamas air command. Abu Raffa was responsible for the squadron of drones and paragliders that the terrorists used to carry out the terrorist attack on October 7.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the war cabinet decided to order the ground offensive when they realized that the negotiations led by Qatar to free the 229 hostages that Hamas is holding captive in the tunnels of the Strip had cooled.
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Israel was delaying the offensive to facilitate the freedom of captive civilians, but the White House was informed from Doha that the talks had reached an impasse. That key information reached the war cabinet, which is made up of Netanyahu, his Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant, and the opposition leader, Beny Gantz. The three, in an extraordinary conclave, decided to give the green light to the ground operation against Hamas.
Near the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) deployed the tanks used to confront Hamas terrorists
Israeli Minister Gallant maintains an open line with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III, who in turn reports to Joseph Biden. At the beginning of the ground operation in Gaza, Gallant anticipated tactical moves to Austin, who asked to avoid collateral damage. That is: the death of Palestinians who do not belong to Hamas and who were trapped in the northern part of the Strip.
The terrorist organization that defends Gaza from Israel’s offensive has already begun a replica with self-made missiles that began to fall on the kibbutzim located a few kilometers from the Strip. The sirens do not stop sounding in the community of Nir Oz, which three weeks ago was the epicenter of the Hamas fundamentalist attack against the civilian population.
Meanwhile, in the war cabinet they assured Infobae that no clashes have yet occurred with Hezbollah, the terrorist organization that responds to Iran. Israel assumes that Hezbollah will try to open a second front of conflict to take war pressure off Hamas – which is its regional partner along with Islamic Jihad – and does not rule out that missiles will begin to fly from southern Lebanon to northern Israel.
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Forty-eight hours ago, the terrorist leaders of Hezbollah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad met in Beirut to plan a next wave of attacks against Israel. This counteroffensive would be centered around the Strip, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, the Golan Heights and the border with Lebanon.
The Pentagon has already responded to missile launches from Syria to the Golan Heights, and now in Tel Aviv Hezbollah is expected to do its work in the north. The Israel Defense Forces began a new stage in the conflict, and its depth and duration still remain a military secret.
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