The Israeli military said Thursday that Israeli tanks and troops briefly entered the Gaza Strip overnight in a limited raid to “prepare the battlefield” as Israel is expected to launch a full-scale invasion soon.
The military said the raiding force engaged with Hamas fighters and took out anti-tank weapons during the raid, which only lasted a few hours. Israeli military spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said the troops operated within one kilometer of the border and that no Israeli soldiers were hurt.
“Through the raid, we eliminated terrorists, neutralized threats, dismantled explosives, neutralized ambushes, in order to enable the next stages of the war for the ground forces,” Hagari said.
The raid came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that Israel would launch a ground incursion into Gaza but did not say when. Media reports have said that Israel agreed to delay the invasion until the US is able to deploy more air defenses to the region, as the US is expecting a significant escalation of attacks on its troops.
Israeli airstrikes continue to pound Gaza as the situation is getting increasingly more desperate for civilians in the besieged enclave. According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, over 7,000 people have been killed in the bombardment, including nearly 3,000 children.
Clearly there is no equity between Palestinian and Israeli lives…
At this point, no. Least of all for Mr. Biden, who basically called the numbers of Palestinian dead and wounded lies.
Biden is a politician. What the F did you expect?
What does that even mean Donna? If someone came to your house and murdered your children, would you say that their lives is “equal” to that of your family?
That doesn’t mean Donna has the right to kill all the children and women from the township, city or place the murderers came from that harmed her family.
But only a complete ignorant idiot fails to understand this so I’m gathering you won’t understand this as well.
Let me understand this clearly because I’m not as bright as you. A man comes to your house, rapes your daughter, slaughters your children and kidnaps your parents…repeatedly. He then hides out in a church hoping that you wouldn’t dare bomb it. And he continues to shoot at you from the church windows, every so often killing another family member. The rest of your family and friends decide that living like this is intolerable, and move away. But you would just let him carry on? I think you’re either dumber than you think or a liar. Not sure which is worse.
You’re an idiot, they are indiscriminately bombing innocent civilians regardless. The horrific crimes are obviously a blank cheque to kill innocent children who had nothing to do with it. Go back and watch Fox news redneck
If Israel were “indiscriminately” bombing , there would be many more casualties. Blame the mass murderers who hide behind women and children, and who fire their weapons from schools, mosques and hospitals. Israel will not be paralyzed into inaction by vile psychopathic killers like Hamas, nor by self righteous assholes like you that care a great deal about the loss of human lives…other than jewish ones of course
And the only way to get those mass murderers is to kill their human shields. And you accuse him about being a self-righteous asshole that only cares about the loss of human life from one side? Look in the mirror.
If Israel were “indiscriminately” bombing , there would be many more casualties. Blame the mass murderers who hide behind women and children, and who fire their weapons from schools, mosques and hospitals. Israel will not be paralyzed into inaction by vile psychopathic killers like Hamas, nor by self righteous assholes like you that care a great deal about the loss of human lives…other than jewish ones of course
No balls to face Hamas head on. Tried to grow some but failed miserably and hurriedly turned back. So what to do? Continue to cowardly aerial bomb everyone else including israeli hostages.
Norman Finkelstein laid out the steps he believes will happen. His interview by Chris Hedges is riveting, at least to me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0aemeCbRTk
That was really good.
Yes,it really takes balls to tie up a group of children and light them on fire.
It takes real balls to bomb a hospital, school, bakery, UN shelter, by golly. It takes real, real, great, balls to keep a people in a concentration camp for 75 years. Yessiree. Where do you dream up your nonsense? I notice you travel. You have been in on the Ukraine/Russia blogs spewing nonsense.
I’m in the Ukraine blog always where you are one of those who support Putin’s war who has big balls to invade, destroy, and annex their land.
Hypocrite.
You really have a hard on for Putin, don’t you? It’s all you ever talk about. You are like the evangelical pastor who rails against homosexuals only to be banging Billy in the closet after Sunday services.
Thank you,Always can use a good laugh,easy target.
He remembers when he had his Putin poster on his bedroom ceiling with a tube of K-Y jelly on the nightstand.
Don Julio , you really need history lessons on the Russian incursion into Ukraine , you fail to mention the US / British backed coup , you fail to mention Putin tried his best to avoid a war , you failed to mention Biden / Boris Johnson forced Zelenskey to go back on his signed agreement with Putin to end hostilities ect ect ect . so FFS do some research before commenting .
When rats and roaches ie Tanks and Infantry enter a town or country they never leave..
It takes real balls to build your forts underneath hospitals,schools, mosques,and. then cry foul when they get hot.
Why should they do it when they have US to do the sh!t work at the drop of a hat ??
When and if the IDF enters Gaza to attack Hamas, it will not be pretty. If you are wishing for Israel to attack because you think Hamas will win I suggest you read up on the Battle of Manali in WW2. That is what this battle will resemble. The IDF will blow up every building one by one as they root out Hamas. Just as the American did to kill the Japanese. If the civilians can not leave because of Hamas or Egypt not allowing them or they don’t want to, their casualties number will easily reach 100,000
The issue isn’t Hamas winning because Israel has both man power and equipment. What they lack is a backbone. If their conviction doesn’t permit them to sustain even 100 or more IDF causality to get rid of Hamas once and for all, than they are not worthy of that success.
And it’s highly doubtful civilian causalities will reach that high.
I have no idea if today’s IDF lacks a backbone. Angry troops of any nation rarely lack backbone.
As for causalities. so far Gaza causalities are reported at 7,300 dead and 19,000 wounded, for total of 26,300. That is in three week from indirect fire. If the war goes on for another 9 weeks at the current intensity, that another 78,900. Now add in small arms fire, direct fire from tanks and mortars that will occur in an invasion plus lack of food, water and medicine. That is why I predict a 100,000. This war needs to stop, but I don’t see how that is possible.
tThen let Hamas tunnels be flushed and flooded with seawater. end the war more quickly.
That is easier said than done. Hamas fighters will still have be taken out building by building.
BZ or nerve gas. flamethrowers or thermite.
Would you stay in tunnels you know are not safe from being bombed with bunker busters supplied by the US ? i would say that the tunnels are empty only a idiot would stay in them .
They will blow up every building whether Hamas is there or not hoping the Palestinians who survive escape as refugees to other countries greater Israel is within the grasp of the Zionist a Palestinian free Israel , it`s been the plan from the day they first stepped foot in Palestine .
Wow. I admire you for your courage.
Aerial bombing with no fear of being shot down is right out of the US Military play book , a US high commander said recently America doesn`t fight unless we have over whelming air superiority .
“America doesn`t fight unless we have over whelming air superiority ” Of course not. Since 1939 the first rule of war is to win the air.
Wow…! Israeli soldiers are Super Duper accomplishing so many tasks in a few hours…!
And “no Israeli soldiers were hurt.”
Also, “we eliminated terrorists” doesn’t necessarily have to mean Hamas fighters, since it was stated (please correct me if I am mistaken) that anyone who remained in the northern section of the Gaza Strip would be considered a “terrorist”.
Sniveling cowards. They have to beat a dead horse from a distance before they enter.
how many times have you faced an armed enemy?
maybe as many times as you have ?
just asking ….
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in all honesty, i myself have never been a soldier nor served in any military capacity. i could make excuses but the reality is that my uncle was some kind of green-beret or ranger or whatever the eff the Vietnam vets claimed to be, and he told me to go to college instead of wasting my life in the military.
what
And how many tanks that you lost on Sunday raid you got back Danny…?!
From what I’m hearing they were accompanied by U.S. special forces and had their asses handed to them and consequently turned tail and ran.
One wonders, if their incursion was going so swimmingly with all that they accomplished and no causalities, why they withdrew. Also, they didn’t report how many health facilities and personnel they took out. I’m wondering which side is really the animals.
If this turns into a regional war guess who stands to gain from it , the very same who has benefited from the Ukraine war .
“briefly” … what, did they just breeze by on their way in and out ?
you can’t make this sh*t up.