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Israel pounds Gaza, evacuates town near Lebanon ahead of expected ground offensive against Hamas

By News Desk - Oct 20, 2023, 02:50 AM ET
Last Updated - Oct 20, 2023, 11:36 AM EDT

Israel is hitting areas in the south where Palestinians had been told to seek safety

Israel is continuing to bombard the Gaza Strip including areas in the south where Tel Aviv had asked Palestinians to seek safety while its troops are preparing for a ground attack. The troops also began evacuating an Israeli town in the north near the Lebanese border strengthening speculation about an immediate ground offensive.

Khan Younis in southern Gaza suffered heavy airstrikes, reports said. The densely populated city's Nasser Hospital, Gaza's second largest, saw a steady stream of ambulances carrying the wounded and dead, an AP report said. The hospital is already overflowing with patients and people seeking shelter. 

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The Associated Press adds: On Thursday, Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant ordered ground troops to prepare to see Gaza “from the inside,” hinting at a ground offensive aimed at crushing Gaza's militant Hamas rulers nearly two weeks after their bloody incursion into Israel. Officials have given no timetable for such an operation. 

Over a million people have been displaced in Gaza, with many heeding Israel's orders to evacuate the northern part of the sealed-off coastal enclave. 

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