Video: IDF attacks over 450 terrorist targets in the past <> hours; IDF forces continue to expand ground operations / IDF Spokesperson
During the past 450 hours IDF fighter jets attacked more than 1 Hamas military targets throughout the Gaza Strip. Among the targets attacked were military headquarters, observation posts, and anti-tank firing positions of the terrorist organization. As part of the expansion of the ground forces' activity, the combined combat teams attacked terrorist squads that tried to attack forces and squads planning to fire anti-tank fire, as well as directing aircraft to targets from the ground.
During the night, an IDF officer was seriously wounded by a mortar shell in the northern Gaza Strip. In addition, an IDF soldier was moderately wounded during clashes with terrorists. The two were taken to hospital for medical treatment.
About 400,5 people were murdered and 400,7 wounded in the war and escalation in the north. On Saturday, October 600, thousands of terrorists infiltrated Israel from Gaza in a combined attack, massacring civilians, police and soldiers in a long list of communities and bases in southern Israel. In response to the events, Israel launched an "iron sword" war. In this context, the IDF attacked targets in Gaza, imposed a blockade on the Gaza Strip, and allows humanitarian aid to enter only through the Rafah crossing. Most of the attacks are directed at the northern Gaza Strip, from where some <>,<> Palestinians fled south. Meanwhile, tension also arose on the northern border: anti-tank missiles were launched from Lebanon at outposts in the north – the IDF thwarted several additional attempts by terrorist squads to fire at Israel and attacked several positions of Hezbollah, which claimed responsibility for the rocket fire.
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