Israeli tanks have reached the outskirts of Gaza City and cut a key road from the north to the south of the besieged Gaza Strip, according to sources.
Palestinian sources told Al Jazeera on Monday that Israeli tanks made an incursion towards Salah al-Din Street, in the middle of the Gaza City governorate, a distance of about 3km (1.8 miles) from the Gaza fence.
Heavy clashes were reported in the area.
“They have cut the Salah al-Din road and are firing at any vehicle that tries to go along it,” a resident told AFP news agency.
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Additional Israeli military forces were deployed to the Gaza Strip at night, and dozens of Hamas members were killed, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Daniel Hagari said on Monday.
ReplyDelete"At night, we expanded ground operations, and additional forces entered the enclave, including armored and engineering troops, as well as artillery... Dozens of terrorists were killed overnight," Hagari told a briefing
Israeli tanks were spotted on the outskirts of Gaza City, the AFP news agency reported referring to eyewitnesses.
ReplyDeleteAccording to them, the armored vehicles blocked the main road connecting the northern and southern areas of the Gaza Strip.
Israeli tank shot at a car carrying civilians in the Gaza Strip, killing 3 people
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