Israeli state television: army completed preparations for ground operation in Gaza

KAN news stated that there has been no conflict between the Israeli army and Palestinian groups in the Gaza border region for three days.

It was stated in the news that all developments, including the movement and positioning of forces, demonstrated that the Israeli army had completed its preparations to enter the Gaza Strip, and that the ground operation to be carried out in Gaza was the second phase of the war “after the cleansing of the Jewish settlements from the armed Palestinians.”

ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT

Hamas’s armed wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, launched a comprehensive attack against Israel on the morning of October 7, dubbed the “Aqsa Flood.”

As thousands of rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel, Palestinian armed groups attacked and seized the Beit Hanun-Erez border gate on the Gaza-Israel border.

Armed groups then entered settlements inside Israel from here and the Israeli army launched an attack on the Gaza Strip with dozens of fighter jets.

It was reported that 1,405 Israelis, including 304 soldiers, were killed and 3,968 Israelis were wounded in the attacks carried out from Gaza.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that 3,478 people were killed and more than 12,000 injured in Gaza due to Israeli attacks. 13 journalists lost their lives in Israeli attacks.

In the clashes that began between the Israeli army and Hezbollah on the Lebanese border on October 8, 10 members of Hezbollah, 2 members of Islamic Jihad, 1 journalist and 2 civilians lost their lives.

In the attacks carried out by Lebanon, 2 Israeli soldiers and 1 Israeli civilian lost their lives.

Finally, in Israel’s attack on al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza on October 17, 471 people were killed and 342 were injured, 28 of them seriously. (AA)