Original article by Ronald Mizen
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 14 : 30-Oct-23

Israeli Defence Forces troops have engaged in direct combat with Hamas militants in northern Gaza, supported by tanks and airstrikes on more than 450 locations. The IDF’s Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi says Israeli soldiers have killed "hundreds" of terrorists in the first major ground incursion of the war. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described it as his nation’s ”second independence war", and stated that Israel’s campaign to "abolish evil" is "only just beginning". Israel had previously only conducted small-scale incursions into Gaza, and Netanyahu says this stage of the war is aimed at destroying the governing and military capabilities of Hamas and to bring hostages home.

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