Israel’s defense minister says the expected ground offensive into Gaza will be long and difficult, with the aim of destroying tunnels used by Hamas.
Israel expects to launch a ground offensive into Gaza soon that will be long and difficult and that will aim to destroy a vast network of tunnels used by the territory's militant Hamas rulers, the Israeli defense minister said Friday. Yoav Gallant spoke to a small group of foreign reporters after Israeli forces backed by fighter jets and drones carried out a second ground raid into Gaza in two days, striking the outskirts of Gaza City.
The damage to Gaza from nearly three weeks of bombardment showed in satellite photos of several locations taken before the war and again in recent days. Entire rows of residential buildings simply disappear in the photos, reduced to smears of dust and rubble. A complex of 13 high-rises by the sea was pounded to dust near Gaza City's Shati refugee camp, leaving only a few tottering bits of facade, according to the photos by Maxar Technologies.
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