Mithil Aggarwal is a Hong Kong-based reporter/producer for NBC News.
A car was fired upon by what appeared to be an Israeli tank on the outskirts of Gaza City, an eyewitness told NBC News on Monday, as the major ground offensive in the Palestinian enclave drew more international calls for civilians to be protected. Freelance photographer Bashar Talib said he was traveling in a nearby vehicle on the Salah Al Deen road when the vehicle was hit. The driver of the white car saw the tank “at the last minute,” he said. “He was close to the tank and the bulldozer.
Although they shouted for it to “go back,” he said the driver did not hear them because he was traveling too quickly. The incident took place hours after Israel’s military said it had struck more than 600 militant targets over the past few days as it expanded ground operations in the Gaza Strip. Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari told a news conference that the IDF would “continue and intensify” its ground operation and “additional forces” had entered the besieged enclave over the last day.
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