Israeli forces, backed by armoured vehicles, were seen operating in southern Israel on Tuesday (October 31) four days after they began a major ground offensive in the Palestinian enclave that has drawn more international calls for civilians to be protected.
Israel said its forces fought Hamas gunmen inside the militants’ vast tunnel network beneath the besieged Palestinian enclave of Gaza, seeking to free hostages and to push forward its campaign to wipe out the militant group.
As the battle inside Gaza intensified, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed calls for a halt to the fighting.
Militants responded with anti-tank missiles and machine gun fire, it said. A number of militants were killed, it said, without specifying a number.
On Monday, Israeli forces had targeted Gaza’s main north-south road and attacked Gaza City from two directions.
Gaza health authorities say that 8,525 people, including 3,542 children, have been killed in Israeli attacks since Oct. 7. U.N. officials say more than 1.4 million of Gaza’s civilian population of about 2.3 million have been made homeless.
About 1,400 people were killed in the Hamas assault on Oct. 7, Israel says.
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