The Israeli military said that Israeli infantry and tanks launched an attack on the Gaza Strip on Friday (October 13).This is the first time that Israel has shifted from air combat to ground since the Palestinian radical organization Hamas raid.
Reuters reported that the Israeli National Defense Force spokesman Higari said that the ground forces launching operations with the Palestinian Rockets with the support of the tank and searching for the hostage.
The Israeli Prime Minister Neyahu issued a brief statement and said: "We are hitting our enemy with unprecedented power. I want to emphasize that this is just the beginning."
Israel said that ground forces killed many Hamas militants and destroyed Hamas military facilities such as anti -tank missile launchers.At the same time, the Israeli Air Force's air strike on the Gaza Strip is still continuing.
Hamas sources said in an interview with the media that this was the "psychological tactic" of the army.
According to Agence France -Presse, thousands of Palestinians fled to southern Gaza for shelter.Israel notified the United Nations on Thursday evening that about 1.1 million Barstan people in the Gaza Strip should migrate to southern Gasha within 24 hours.
The Ministry of Health of Gaza said that at least 1,900 Palestinians died of the Israeli Army's waves of missile attacks. Most of the deceased were civilians, including more than 600 children.
Egypt and Jordan both opposed Israel forced Palestinians to evacuate their territory.Egypt is the only Arab country that borders the Gaza Strip, and Israel, Jordan and the west bank of the Jordan River, are neighbors.
