Israeli troops are increasingly converging towards central Gaza as the cordon continues to tighten for Hamas – Another senior official of the organization is dead – Casualties for the Israeli army as well – IDF confirms attack on Jambaliya refugee camp
The Israeli army is advancing ever closer to Gaza City with the goal of dividing it, with Hamas trying to counterattack and set up ambushes through the organization’s labyrinthine tunnels.
According to Israeli forces, during their operations, they hit more than 300 Hamas positions and killed a high-ranking official of the organization, one of the orchestrators of the October 7 massacre. The representative of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Daniel Hagari announced on Tuesday night that the Israeli army “succeeded in eliminating him terrorist murderer Ibrahim Biari” on Tuesday. Biari has been “the main leader of the battle” since Israeli forces entered northern Gaza, Hagari said, adding that during his “elimination, many terrorists were killed.”
In a statement, the IDF said infantry forces and tanks seized the compound in western Jambaliya, which it said was being used by Hamas’ Jambaliya battalion as a training ground.
At the same time, clashes in the West Bank are daily while rocket attacks by Hezbollah continue.
According to what he broadcast in his main news bulletin SKAI, the envoy to Israel, Stavros Ioannidis, Israeli troops are increasingly converging towards the center of Gaza with the cordon ever narrowing for Hamas. An estimated 20,000 troops are in the Gaza Strip and hundreds of tanks.
In a statement, the IDF said infantry forces and tanks seized the compound in western Jambaliya, which it said was being used by Hamas’ Jambaliya battalion as a training ground.
Two Israeli soldiers dead
However, the Israeli army announced today, Tuesday, the first casualties. Two 20-year-old soldiers were killed today in fighting in the Gaza Strip, Lt. Roy Wolf and Lt. Lavi Lipsitz, who died during clashes with Hamas fighters in the northern Palestinian enclave.
Israel’s military has made “significant” gains during the ground operation in the Gaza Strip, but it is also “paying a heavy price,” its defense minister said. Israel Yoav Gallant referring to the two dead soldiers.
“We are deploying forces on a large scale, deep in Gaza,” Gallant told Israeli air force soldiers, but added that “unfortunately in war there is also a price and in the last day it was heavy. However, we are also determined to continue and win” he concluded.
Hamas wants a guerilla war
Hamas, for its part, is pursuing a guerilla war within the Gaza Strip. Its goal is to lure Israelis deeper and deeper into the urban fabric of the city, where it considers itself to have an advantage.
Israelis bombed the Jambaliya refugee camp
At the same time, the Israeli Army confirmed the attack on the Jambaliya refugee camp, where according to the Gaza Health Ministry, 50 Palestinians were killed and 150 were injured together, and the Ibrahim Biari.
According to the IDF the airstrike in Jabaliya was part of a “wide-scale strike” against Hamas operatives and infrastructure belonging to the organization’s Jabaliya Central Battalion.
According to Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Daniel Hagari the targeting of the building where Biari was located near the refugee camp “also led to the collapse of other things because there was a very extensive infrastructure there” accusing Hamas of using the civilian population in Gaza as human shields “in a very cruel and foolish manner.”
Source :Skai
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