Israels Defence Force have released footage of missile strikes in Gaza. The IDF confirmed they had destroyed buildings used by the Hamas militant group. Israeli jets have been attacking Gazan targets for days after Hamas violent attack.
Israeli forces have already used its fleet of 600 planes and 300 rocket launchers to relentlessly pound the Gaza Strip, with strikes obliterating thousands targets. Israel Palestine news LIVE:Israel is drawing on its huge military might - including thousands of tanks, warplanes and troops - to obliterate Hamas after the terrorists launched their ruthless attacks this weekend that has killed more than 1,300 Israelis.
This morning, Israel ordered 1.1 million civilians to evacuate northern Gaza within 24 hours ahead of the highly expected ground offensive aimed at eradicating Hamas. Israeli heavy armed vehicles move near Gaza border as Israeli army deploys military vehicles around the Gaza Strip ahead of an expected ground offensive on Thursday
Israel is also drawing on its special forces from the elite Sayeret Matkal unit to fight against Hamas. It is believed that they will be aiming to take out those high-ranking fighters within the terrorist organisation and also rescue the hundreds of Israelis who have been taken hostage. And in a sign that Israel has no notion of stopping its airstrikes, the IDF today issued an evacuation order directly on Friday morning, telling the 1.1 million people living north of an area called Wadi Gaza to move south. This would mean the entire population of Gaza City and its surroundings fleeing their homes.
Israel has ordered more than one million people to evacuate northern Gaza within 24 hours ahead of a feared Israeli ground offensive aimed at eradicating Hamas Palestinians search for casualties under the rubble in the aftermath of Israeli strikes in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on FridayPalestinians search for casualties under the rubble in the aftermath of Israeli strikes in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday
Suffering in Gaza has been rising dramatically with Palestinians desperate for food, fuel and medicine and the territory's only power plant shut down for lack of fuel. The morgue at Gaza's biggest hospital overflowed as bodies came in faster than relatives could claim them. 'This evacuation is for your own safety,' the Israeli military said, in a warning it said was sent to all Gaza City civilians.
'Every Hamas member is a dead man,' the Israeli Prime Minister said menacingly in a televised address late last night, perhaps revealing the scale of the ground assault operation for which his Defence Forces are preparing as they encircle Gaza. With the power cut and fuel for generators blocked by Israeli forces, aid workers warned that hospitals in Gaza are 'on the verge of collapse' due to the lack of energy that is set to run out completely in the next few hours.
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