Israeli forces reported moving deeper into the Gaza Strip and directly engaging Hamas militants as the ground incursions gather pace.
Smoke billows in the background as a car drives through a deserted street in eastern Gaza City on October 30, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and Hamas. Ground battles raged inside the northern Gaza Strip on October 30 as Israeli forces stepped up the war on Hamas more than three weeks after the Palestinian militants launched their deadly attack on southern Israel.
Israeli military spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari declined to comment on the incident on the highway on Monday, but told a news conference that Israel has “expanded the activity of our forces and additional forces entered the strip, including infantry, armored corps, combat engineering and artillery corps.”
There are only two main roads connecting north and south in Gaza. One of them runs along the exposed coast and the other is Salah al-Din road, the main artery. Salah al-Din is an ancient road, traversed by the armies of Alexander the Great, the Romans and Napoleon.Journalist Bashar Talib told The Washington Post by phone that he was at al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza when around 8:30 a.m. local time he and a colleague, Youssef Saifi, left and headed north to Gaza City.
“I felt in extreme danger, and I had never faced this situation before,” Talib said. “The scene was terrifying. I saw pillars of flame rising.”Talib said three people were killed and an unknown number injured. All casualties were taken to al-Aqsa Hospital.The Post could not immediately independently verify these accounts.
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