After over three weeks of heavy air strikes, Israeli ground forces have entered Gaza. Observers of Israel’s military strategy, including former commanders and combat veterans, say the approach taken is unlike previous assaults on Gaza, in 2008, 2014 and 2021.
Backed by helicopters and drones, dozens of tanks and armoured personnel carriers have pushed into the semi-rural area to the north of Gaza City but have proceeded slowly.
Israel’s military has ordered the evacuation of 42 communities along its northern border, where six Israelis have died in cross-border fire from Lebanon that Israel blamed on Hizbollah or Lebanon-based Palestinian factions. n
Hamas militants likely conducted a complex attack targeting the Israeli military at Erez checkpoint