The Israeli military launched a ground offensive on Monday to seize Gaza City, the enclave’s largest urban centre, Axios reported, citing Israeli officials.The Israeli military did not immediately respond to request for comment on the reported move, which comes after weeks of intensive Israeli strikes on the city.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military last month to capture Gaza City, which he describes as a stronghold of the Palestinian group Hamas that launched the October 2023 surprise attack on Israel.The military has since laid siege to the Gaza Strip, creating a humanitarian catastrophe with widespread destruction, mass displacement and severe shortages of food and water.
Israeli forces have been operating on the outskirts of Gaza City for weeks, edging closer to the centre of the city where an estimated 1 million Palestinians were sheltering last month.”Gaza is burning,” Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said in a post on X early on Tuesday. “The IDF strikes with an iron fist at the terrorist infrastructure and IDF soldiers are fighting bravely to create the conditions for the release of the hostages and the defeat of Hamas.”
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