Video of the new ground invasion carried out on Thursday night in Gaza was released by the Israeli Armed Forces (IDF) as well as a video from the coordination center. As can be seen in the video, tanks of the 36th Armored Division again cross the Gaza fence in an operation which according to SKAI envoy to Israel, Stavros Ioannidis it is much bigger than the previous ones as more forces were involved and the targets were many more.

The new ground operation was announced by IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari. The senior Israeli officer said that limited ground operations would continue in the coming days in Gaza as part of the preparatory stage of the all-out invasion of Gaza to neutralize Hamas positions.

According to Stavros Ioannidis, the operation was carried out after an unprecedented barrage of bombing throughout yesterday. During the operation, Hamas defense positions, rocket and anti-tank missile launch sites and command centers were neutralized. The operations lasted for a long time with the explosions being continuous. In fact, during the bombings, the Israeli forces announced that they had neutralized 5 high-ranking Hamas officials.