The IDF showed video and photos of the fighting in the northern Gaza Strip. They were published on Twitter and on the Israel Defense Forces website.
“In the final hours, combined IDF forces led by ground forces have been engaged in fierce fighting deep inside the Gaza Strip,” the report said. The Israeli army writes that as part of the operation, the military attacked a Hamas outpost in the north of the enclave, killed dozens of militants and captured their weapons.
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— Today, the head of the IDF Southern Command, Major General Yaron Finkelman, addressed the ground forces and said: “We are launching an attack on Hamas and terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip. Our goal is one — victory.»
On the morning of October 31, the IDF reported that over the past 24 hours it had struck 300 targets in the Gaza Strip, including rocket launchers, operational command posts of Hamas militants, as well as tunnels on the border with the Gaza Strip.
Israel on October 27 announced an “expansion” of the ground operation. Two days later, CNN, after analyzing videos published by the IDF, indicated that Israeli troops had advanced deeper into the enclave by more than three kilometers.