Night. Israels Ground Operations have now expanded. We have large explosions, arti artillery, tank fire, and possible Bunker Buster Bombs heard and seen all night long as the idf has now confirmed the expansion of operations, in other words, the Ground Incursion into gaza has now officially begun. Heres a description of how things went on earlier tonight, just how this all got started from trey yingst. Clearly something is happening. We cite the israeli military, they say theyre having ground raids into gaza. Dont want to speculate or call it what it could be, we need to wait and be patient. This is unlike any other night we covered. We have been here the past 20 days as it unfolds. This is a significant development. Also to give you a sense of the phases here, this is indicative of what we expected to come next. Israel told us they would be ramping up strikes against gaza before entering on the ground, this is the next phase of the war. At this moment, i cannot confirm the Ground Oper
Of litres of fuel in the hands of hamas. The bbc has not been able to verify this. Hamas is designated a Terrorist Organisation by the uk and other western governments. There are growing International Calls for a humanitarian pause in the fighting, to allow aid to Reach Gaza Which continues to come under intense bombardment. The Health Ministry in the hamas controlled territory says more than 6,500 people have now been killed there 2,704 of them children. Israel says more than 1,400 people were killed in the hamas attacks on the 7th of october. Another focus of the past 2a hours has been israels furious reaction to comments made by the un Secretary General at the Security Council. Antonio guterres said the hamas attacks in southern israel had not happened in a vacuum. He also said there was no justification for the hamas attacks. Israel is now withholding visas from United Nations officials in response to the remarks. Mr guterres has spoken again in the past hour. Shocked by the misrep
According to both Hamas and Israel, the much dreaded, or anticipated depending on your perspective, battle for the extensive defensive tunnel network beneath Gaza known locally as the “Gaza Metro” has begun. Israel announced on October 29th that the I.D.F. (Israeli Defense Forces) attacked Hamas gunmen in a tunnel and destroyed Hamas fighters who emerged from a tunnel to attack their position in northwest Gaza. Remarkably, Hamas has posted a video of what appears to be the same attack from the vantage point of fighters moving across a sandy beach towards the Israelis. While not spectacular, the Israelis have also posted a video on You Tube titled “IDF Fighting Fierce Battle in Hamas Tunnels” featuring images of its Merkava tank-backed troops assaulting Hamas’ underground labyrinth with earth excavation hoes, drills, remote cameras, and tantalizing brief footage of IDF forces operating in a concrete reinforced tunnels. And on November 1st, even as the IDF announced that
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