Take a listen. The tactical raid, which means that the forces went in and then went out during the night in order to prepare the battlefield and to prepare ourselves for coming operations. Our forces are now back in israel. The activity occurred during the night and was concluded successfully without any significant event. This Development Comes as israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted a Ground Invasion of gaza was coming following questions at home about why it had taken so long. Speaking on prime Time Television on wednesday night, he said the timing of the offensive would be reached by consensus. Heres our correspondent, tom bateman. Israels Prime Minister said in a televised speech that Israeli Forces are preparing for a Ground Invasion but did not give any clues as to the timing. Translation we are raining hellfire on hamas. We have already Killed Thousands of terrorists and this is only the beginning. Simultaneously we are preparing for a Ground Invasion. I will not
iam i am live in southern israel where authorities seem to have blocked humanitarian aid from entering the gaza strip after a week long truce collapsed. fighting re started yesterday, as both sides blamed each other for the collapse of the agreement. one consequence appears to be the lack of any humanitarian aid article entering the gaza strip through the rafah crossing. this is seen looking at northern gaza. there have been many air strikes overnight. israeli military have been hitting targets all over the gaza strip. again heavy pulls of smoke rising over gaza. we had the regular sound of outgoing fire. it air strikes have also hit areas in western gaza and also in khan yunis and the south. that is where hundreds of people fled earlier in the war to escape the fighting. the hamas run health the ham2as run health ministry said 200 people were killed and more than 600 people have been injured since fighting restarted in gaza yesterday. reports say khan yunis in the souther
iam here i am here in southern israel where the renewed bombardment is entering its second day, after the collapse of a week long truce. this is live looking across at northern gaza. a spokesman for the israeli military said they were now hitting hamas targets all over the gaza strip. we ve had reports of heavy smoke hanging over the area. also the sight and sound. you can hear often the sound of machine gun fire which is happening across in gaza at the moment. let s just talk about what has been happening over the last 2a hours or so. israeli air strikes have hit areas in northern gaza and in khan yunis. the health ministry has said more than 200 have been killed and 600 injured since the fighting we started at seven o clock yesterday morning. khan yunis is seeing some of the heaviest bombardments that have been seen in this conflict so far. israeli military also dropped some leaflets earlier and part of southern gaza warning people to actually leave the, move even further s