Hamas militants in Gaza are prepared to confront Israeli attacks with full force as Israel's military expands its air and ground attacks on the Palestinian enclave. Clashes between Hamas fighters and Israeli troops have been reported near the border. Internet and phone services have been cut off for over 10 hours due to Israeli bombardments. Israeli military spokesman suggests a possible ground invasion of Gaza. Hamas declares readiness to frustrate Israeli aggression.
Hamas said on Saturday its militants in Gaza were ready to confront Israeli attacks with “full force” after Israel’s military widened its air and ground attacks on the Palestinian enclave.
He said Israel’s air force was conducting extensive strikes on tunnels dug by Hamas and on other infrastructure. Israeli ground forces had massed outside Gaza, where Israel has been conducting an intense campaign of aerial bombardment since an Oct. 7 attack by hundreds of Hamas gunmen on Israeli communities near the strip. Israel says 1,400 people, mostly civilians, were killed and more than 200 taken hostage, some of them foreign nationals or with dual Israeli nationality.Since then, Palestinian health authorities say, Israeli bombing has killed more than 7,000 Palestinians.
He said that if getting more than 200 hostages abducted by Hamas out of Gaza required a localized temporary pause, the U.S. supported that. The Red Crescent Society said it had lost contact with its Gaza operations room and its teams operating there. The Hamas-run government said rescue crews were unable to receive emergency calls.
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