Israeli troops readied for a ground assault in retaliation for Hamas' attacks that killed some 1,300 people, while clashes at its border with Lebanon reached their deadliest since 2006, raising fears of a wider war.

The Israeli military said on Sunday it would continue to allow Gazans to evacuate south ahead of an expected ground assault by its forces on the Gaza Strip in retaliation for unprecedented attacks by Hamas militants eight days ago.

The army said hundreds of thousands had already moved south as Israel carried out the most intense bombardment the enclave has ever seen in response to the killing of 1,300 people in Israel, including 279 Israeli soldiers.

Authorities in Gaza said more than 2,300 people had been killed, a quarter of them children, and nearly 10,000 wounded so far. The enclave’s hospitals are running short of medical supplies and struggling to cope with the flow of injured.

  • 5BC2E7@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    It’s a complex situation. Israel needs to excert a cost on their enemies to dissuade them from trying again. but there is no justification for taking it. they might create a perimeter around the border effectively shrinking the habitable area for “security reasons”