SENT. Israel also used ground troops, especially artillery, in raids against Hamas during the night. But the soldiers, said the spokesman for the Armed Forces Jonathan Conricus, “are not located inside the Gaza Strip”. A previous statement on the use of “land forces” made us think for a couple of hours that the invasion of the Strip had begun, with a first ground operation since 2014. Yesterday, however, Israel continued to amass military and armored vehicles.
Hamas “metro” destroyed
The air force has stepped up the raids again. For the first time, 160 fighter-bombers were used, two thirds of the entire air force, practically all jets available at that time. This morning the jets hit “150 targets” in the northern sector of the Strip, in what is called the “Hamas metro”. A network of interconnected tunnels that allows fighters to move underground and move weapons and rockets from one side to the other. “Kilometers of tunnels” have been destroyed “. The militants responded with new rocket launches. One hit a house in Ashkelon and seriously injured a 60-year-old.