Israeli tanks and troops are massed on the border between Israel and Gaza, awaiting orders for an expected ground invasion.
Israel has bombarded targets in the Gaza Strip for more than two weeks since Hamas's deadly cross-border attacks on Oct 7 and is poised for a widely anticipated ground offensive. Israeli Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi suggested Israel has no intention of curbing its strikes.
But there appeared to be little prospect of ceasefire any time soon in the bloodiest episode in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in decades. Among the targets hit was a tunnel that allowed Hamas to infiltrate Israel from the sea and Hamas command centres in mosques, it said. Reuters could not immediately verify the report.
Residents said an Israeli missile hit a petrol station in Khan Younis, where workers, families, and others who fled the eastern side of the city were gathered. Several were killed or wounded, they said. Palestinians gather at the site of Israeli strikes on houses, as the conflict between Israel and militant group Hamas continues, in the northern Gaza Strip, Oct 23, 2023. Foreign governments have expressed concern that the conflict could ignite the whole of the Middle East. Already clashes have taken place in the West Bank and along the Lebanon-Israel border.
Support for Israel came from French President Emmanuel Macron, who landed in Tel Aviv on Tuesday and will meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other members of Israel's war cabinet.
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