The military said it struck in order to “prepare the battlefield" ahead of a widely expected ground invasion after more than two weeks of devastating air raids.
Israeli troops and tanks launched a brief ground raid into northern Gaza overnight , the military said, striking several militant targets in order to "prepare the battlefield" ahead of a widely expected ground invasion after more than two weeks of devastating air raids.
By comparison, 2251 Palestinians, mostly civilians, were killed in the entire six-week-long war in 2014, according to UN figures.On Wednesday, the wife, son and daughter of Wael Dahdouh, a veteran Al-Jazeera correspondent in Gaza, were killed in an Israeli strike. This image shows damage to buildings and structures in the neighborhood after bombing at Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza, on October 21.
The warning by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, over depleting fuel supplies raised alarms that the humanitarian crisis could quickly worsen. In recent days, Israel let more than 60 trucks with aid enter from Egypt, which aid workers say is insufficient and only a tiny fraction of what was being brought in before the war.
“This is a small amount of what is required, a drop in the ocean if you will, given the severity of the consequences of the violence in the last two and a half weeks,” said William Schomburg, head of the sub-delegation in Gaza.“We are trying to establish a pipeline.”
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