Israeli forces carried out a “targeted raid” in the north of the Gaza Strip in the early hours of Thursday, as they stepped up preparations for a ground operation in the coastal enclave to topple the militant group Hamas.
Israeli forces have been conducting limited ground raids in Gaza since Sunday, but Army Radio said that the latest one, in which soldiers and tanks hit Hamas infrastructure and anti-tank missile launch sites, was the biggest incursion yet.
Thursday’s raid was meant to “prepare the battlefield” for the next stage of the war, Israel’s military said, adding that its soldiers had left the area at the end of the operation.
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