The raid comes ahead of 'the next stages of combat,' the Israeli military said on Thursday.
Israeli forces completed a 'targeted' tank raid in northern Gaza overnight, the Israeli military has said, as the region braces for a full-scale ground invasion of the Hamas-held strip and the possible reverberations across the Middle East.Israel Defense Forces carried out the armored raid in Gaza 'as part of the preparation of the area for the next stages of combat,' Israel's military said in a statement on Thursday.
There are serious concerns that if Israel launches a ground invasion, the bloodshed could escalate and other actors, such as Iranian-backed Hezbollah, based in Lebanon, could become involved. An Israeli incursion into the strip could be a trigger moment for Iranian proxies, U.S. officials told Reuters.
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