For 2.3 million residents of enclave, intense bombardment look ominously familiar: prelude to a ground offensive similar to the 2008 and 2014 incursions.
Palestinian women mourn the death of relatives in Israeli air strikes, in Gaza City, October 11, 2023.
Israeli security sources said it took more than 48 hours to restore military cohesion, halt infiltrations and clear Hamas fighters from towns they stormed on Saturday in an operation that caught the much-hyped army off guard. But sending troops into a densely packed, urban environment is not an easy choice, even as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows"mighty revenge" in response to the huge death toll meted out by Hamas in the worst breach in Israel's formidable defences since Arab armies attacked in 1973.
The group, which took power in Gaza in 2007, has also had years to build a network of tunnels, which helps fighters melt away. Israeli troops sometimes call it the"Gaza Metro".This time, Hamas also has dozens of hostages it seized in the Oct. 7 operation - some of them soldiers but many civilians. Gaza residents said on Wednesday more roads were among sites hit overnight, including a key coastal road. Israel's military said targets included what it said was a Hamas surveillance camera network, weapons storage and manufacturing facilities and tunnels used by operatives.
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