At a distance of more than two miles they seem to have entered her territory Gaza Israeli troops, according to CNN’s analysis of the data gathered by the US network’s emissaries and IDF videos.

The soldiers in the video, which was taken on Saturday, are seen placing an Israeli flag on the roof of a hotel in Gaza. CNN geolocated the video to an area just over two miles from the Gaza-Israel border.

“Soldiers of the 52nd Battalion of the 401st Brigade are waving the Israeli flag in the heart of Gaza, next to the beach,” a soldier can be heard saying in the video, which was taken several miles north of Gaza City.

The communications blackout in Gaza has significantly hampered the flow of information from it, although providers said service was gradually being restored on Sunday.

The video was published by the Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom. CNN asked the Israel Defense Forces to comment on the video and why soldiers are placing an Israeli flag on the roof of the hotel.

His team CNN in the Israeli town of Sderot, near the perimeter of the Gaza Strip, heard machine gun fire at regular intervals on Sunday.

The gunfire came from the northern part of the enclave, near the border, while the Israel Defense Forces continued to fire artillery shells and mortars outside the border further south.

Earlier on Sunday, Israeli tanks and armored personnel carriers were seen approaching the border while helicopters, drones and fighter jets flew overhead.

A large column of vehicles appeared north of the lane. Farther away from the borders that were full of tanks and armored vehicles just a few days ago. It is now almost empty, indicating that the troops have moved closer to the perimeter.