The Israeli military operation has undergone a significant expansion after what it had earlier described as two “targeted raids,” which took place Wednesday and Thursday.
Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023. Israeli ground forces are inside Gaza after entering the enclave overnight, as Palestinians experienced what they have described as the
The signs of Israel’s incursion into northern Gaza overnight were clearly visible when a CNN team visited multiple staging grounds north of the strip. Hagari said Gazans who had moved south of Wadi Gaza, a waterway bisecting the center of the strip, were in an area he called a “protected space,” and would receive more food, water and medicine today, though he did not give any details.
Dr. Khalil Al-Dikran told CNN the hospital had received 22 bodies overnight and hundreds of injured. He said people had brought the dead and the wounded to hospital using everything from bikes, cars and donkey carts. A CNN team on the ground at an Israeli checkpoint near the strip perimeter witnessed intense and continuous explosions and air power. Smoke could also be seen rising from the enclave. Some of the explosions were so strong that the impact could be felt physically where the team was, around a kilometer from the border.
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