Israeli forces are still trying to defeat the last groups of militants holed up in several towns since Hamas launched its unprecedented attack on Saturday.
Israeli forces are actively fighting Hamas in two locations inside Israel, after the country formally declared war. Lieutenant Colonel Richard Hecht, the international spokesperson for the IDF, told Sky News that Israeli troops have managed to regain control of some areas of southern Israel from militants. 'There are two last pockets of fighting,' he said. 'We have more or less stabilised control in all communities around Gaza.
Inside the Gaza Strip, more than 1,000 targets had been hit, the IDF said earlier, including airstrikes that levelled much of the town of Beit Hanoun in the northeast corner. Around 159 housing units had been destroyed across the city and 1,210 others were severely damaged, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
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