Israel begins Gaza City ground operation
The article reports that Israel’s military has launched an expanded ground operation in Gaza City, marking a notable escalation in its conflict with Hamas following the October 7, 2023 attack by the group. The operation,named Gideon’s Chariots II,involves multiple Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) divisions aiming to occupy Gaza City,identified by Israel as Hamas’s main stronghold,with an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 terrorists still present. Prior to the ground offensive, the Israeli air force targeted hundreds of terror locations and militants. The IDF has gained control over 40% of Gaza City and issued evacuation warnings,leading to the displacement of over 350,000 civilians. Despite this, the IDF expects many Palestinians to remain.Israeli officials emphasize their determination to defeat Hamas and secure hostages.Simultaneously occurring,a United Nations commission released a report accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza,a charge Israel vehemently denies,labeling the report as based on falsehoods propagated by Hamas.
Israel begins Gaza City ground operation
Israel‘s military began expanded ground operations in Gaza City overnight on Tuesday, marking the latest phase of its battle against Hamas terrorists embedded in the area.
The U.S.-backed expansion of the Israel Defense Forces appears to be Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s biggest ground offensive in Gaza since the war was first triggered by Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack. The IDF’s Operation Gideon’s Chariots II, the latest maneuver to occupy Gaza City, included two divisions, with a third expected to join.
“The IDF strikes with an iron fist at the terrorist infrastructure and IDF soldiers are fighting bravely to create the conditions for the release of the hostages and the defeat of Hamas,” Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said. “We will not relent and we will not go back — until the completion of the mission.”
Israel said Gaza City is “the main stronghold of Hamas,” estimating that between 2,000 and 3,000 Hamas terrorists remain in the area. Israel’s air force struck more than 850 “terror targets” and “hundreds of terrorists” in Gaza City in the week leading up to the launch of the ground offensive, the IDF said.
The Israeli military has established control over 40% of Gaza City.
More than 350,000 people out of Gaza City’s roughly 1 million residents had already left the area ahead of Israel’s campaign Tuesday, according to the IDF, because the military issued extensive evacuation warnings to civilians ahead of the assault. The IDF expects at least 200,000 Palestinians to disregard evacuation orders.
The announcement Tuesday morning came as a United Nations commission released a report alleging Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip amounted to a genocide of Palestinians.
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“On the basis of circumstantial evidence, the Commission finds that genocidal intent was the only reasonable inference that could be drawn based on the pattern of conduct of the Israeli authorities,” the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory’s report read.
Israel rejected the report as “fake,” arguing that the authors amounted to “Hamas proxies” and relied “entirely on Hamas falsehoods, laundered and repeated by others.”
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