Israel added tactical ground incursions to its aerial bombardment in Gaza, also conducting air strikes in southern Lebanon and raids in the West Bank.
| Israel has sent tanks and troops into Gaza to carry out intelligence-gathering raids, while its air force bombed Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon, as the country prepares for war while stalling on a major ground offensive.
The death toll from Israel’s aerial bombardment of Gaza has now surpassed 5000 people. Gaza’s health ministry said another 436 people were killed in the 24 hours to early Tuesday , and more than 15,000 people have been injured so far.The latest Israeli estimate of the number of its nationals being held hostage by Hamas is 222, after the militant group’s October 7 raids inside Israel that killed 1400 Israelis.
Meanwhile, the United Nations Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs said about 1.4 million of Gaza’s 2.3 million people were now internally displaced. Many had fled Gaza City in the north, after warnings from the IDF, but Israel is now also bombing the south.
“Hezbollah is trying to constantly divert our attention from the south to the north,” Mr Lerner said. “We need to be prepared for a broadening of the conflict.”
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