Israeli’s military spokesperson has revealed that Israeli forces have broken through Hamas’ front lines of defence in northern Gaza.
IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari confirmed the new development. He said: ‘The ground operation is progressing as planned.
“With advance planning, precise intelligence, and joint attacks [from the land, air, and sea], our forces broke through Hamas’s front lines of defense in the north of the Gaza Strip.”
Brigadier General Itzik Cohen, the commander of the IDF’s 162nd Division, added that the Israeli forces had invaded Gaza deeply and were “at the gates of Gaza City.” He added that the IDF, over the past five days, has vandalized much of Hamas’s capabilities, attacked its strategic facilities, all of its array of explosives, its underground tunnels and other facilities.
Also, the IDF claimed that it killed the commander of Hamas’s anti-tank guided missile array, Muhammad A’sar. According to the military, A’sar spearheaded all of Hamas’s anti-tank missile units throughout the Gaza Strip, commanded the units in routine times, and assisted their activity in emergencies. Under A’sar’s command, many missile attacks had been carried out against Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers.
Hamas revealed in a statement that no fewer than 195 Palestinians died in Israel’s attacks on the Jabalia refugee camp. More than 120 people were missing under the rubble and no fewer than 777 people were wounded.
