Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
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| 2023 Israeli ground invasion of Gaza | |||||||
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| Part of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war | |||||||
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 Hamas | ||||||
On the evening of 13 October 2023, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stated that ground forces had entered the Gaza Strip, saying that the forces were attacking Hamas militants and trying to find hostages that had been abducted by the militant group earlier in the war.[1][2]
Background
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After Hamas militants invaded Israel on 7 October, 2023, Israel declared war against Hamas.[3] Israel moved to mobilize 300,000 reservists and began to move armor close to the border with the Gaza Strip in the aftermath.[4][5] Included in the amassing of armor were Namer armored personnel carriers and Merkava tanks.[5]
Prior to the invasion, Israel had called for the more than one million people living of the north half of the Gaza Strip to evacuate during a 24-hour window, while Hamas had instructed those residents to stay put.[6][7] The IDF had urged around 1.1 million civilians to leave North Gaza so they would not be hurt or caught in cross fire,[8] and Israeli officials said that the window was left at 24-hours to reduce the time for Hamas to conduct military preparation in the area. However, aid groups stated that the time window was too short to evacuate the one million people, and lack of electricity in Gaza hampered the ability of electronic communications regarding the evacuation to reach Gazans.[7] Israel had dropped leaflets in Gaza City containing the evacuation order, in addition to electronic communications.[9]
Operations
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On 13 October, 2023, the Israeli Defense Forces sent armored vehicles and infantry into the Gaza Strip, stating that their goals were to attack Hamas militants and to rescue hostages that had been abducted to Gaza by Hamas.[2] The operation, according to Israeli officials, was not part of a larger and widely anticipated ground invasion, but rather a raid in which troops only temporarily entered the Gaza Strip.[10][11]
References
- ^ Raice, Shayndi (13 October 2023). "Israelis Conduct Raids in Gaza Strip". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ a b Fabian, Emanuel (13 October 2023). "IDF: Infantry troops, tanks entered Gaza for 'localized raids' to clear area of terrorists, locate hostages". The Times of Israel.
- ^ "What to know on the seventh day of the latest Israel-Hamas war". Associated Press. 13 October 2023.
- ^ "Hamas tells Gaza residents to stay put as Israel ground offensive looms". Reuters. 13 October 2023.
- ^ a b Sharma, Kadambini; Singh, Umashankar. Mitra, Chandrajit (ed.). "Ground Report: Israeli Tanks Roll Up To Border As Gazans Asked To Move South". NDTV.
- ^ "Israeli military says troops make first ground raids into Gaza". 13 October 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
- ^ a b Ward, Alexander (13 October 2023). "Ground invasion of Gaza 'imminent,' Israeli officials say". Politico.
- ^ Askew, Joshua (13 October 2023). "Gaza becoming 'hell hole', as hospitals at 'breaking point'". Euronews. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
- ^ Aggarwal, Mithil; Salam, Yasmine (13 October 2023). "Gaza residents, under the threat of a ground invasion, desperately seek safety but their options are dire". NBC News.
- ^ Fabian, Emanuel (13 October 2023). "IDF launches first 'localized' raids into Gaza ahead of expected ground invasion". The Times of Israel.
- ^ Debre, Isabel; Lederer, Edith M.; Shurafa, Wafaa. "Palestinians flee northern Gaza after Israel orders 1 million to evacuate as ground attack looms". Associated Press.
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