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2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
Part of the
2023 Israel–Hamas war
Location
Status Ongoing
  • IDF conducts raids within the Gaza Strip
  • Israel orders Northern Gaza to be evacuated
Belligerents
Israel Israel Hamas Hamas

On the evening of 13 October 2023, the

hostages that had been abducted by the militant group earlier in the war.[1][2]

Background

After Hamas militants

declared war against Hamas.[3] Israel moved to mobilize 300,000 reservists and began to move armor close to the border with the Gaza Strip in the aftermath.[4][5] Included in the military buildup were Namer armored personnel carriers and Merkava tanks.[5]

Prior to the invasion, Israel had called for the more than one million people living of the north half of the Gaza Strip to evacuate during a 24-hour window, while Hamas had instructed those residents to stay put.[6][7] The IDF had urged around 1.1 million civilians to leave North Gaza so they would not be hurt or caught in cross fire,[8] and Israeli officials said that the window was left at 24-hours to reduce the time for Hamas to conduct military preparation in the area. However, aid groups stated that the time window was too short to evacuate the one million people, and lack of electricity in Gaza hampered the ability of electronic communications regarding the evacuation to reach Gazans.[7] Israel had dropped leaflets in Gaza City containing the evacuation order, in addition to electronic communications.[9]

Operations

On 13 October, 2023, the Israeli Defense Forces sent armored vehicles and infantry into Gaza, stating that their goals were to attack Hamas militants and to rescue hostages that had been abducted to Gaza by Hamas.[2]

References

  1. ^ Raice, Shayndi (13 October 2023). "Israelis Conduct Raids in Gaza Strip". The Wall Street Journal.
  2. ^ a b Fabian, Emanuel (13 October 2023). "IDF: Infantry troops, tanks entered Gaza for 'localized raids' to clear area of terrorists, locate hostages". The Times of Israel.
  3. ^ "What to know on the seventh day of the latest Israel-Hamas war". Associated Press. 13 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Hamas tells Gaza residents to stay put as Israel ground offensive looms". Reuters. 13 October 2023.
  5. ^ a b Sharma, Kadambini; Singh, Umashankar. Mitra, Chandrajit (ed.). "Ground Report: Israeli Tanks Roll Up To Border As Gazans Asked To Move South". NDTV.
  6. ^ "Israeli military says troops make first ground raids into Gaza". 13 October 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  7. ^ a b Ward, Alexander (13 October 2023). "Ground invasion of Gaza 'imminent,' Israeli officials say". Politico.
  8. ^ Askew, Joshua (13 October 2023). "Gaza becoming 'hell hole', as hospitals at 'breaking point'". Euronews. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  9. ^ Aggarwal, Mithil; Salam, Yasmine (13 October 2023). "Gaza residents, under the threat of a ground invasion, desperately seek safety but their options are dire". NBC News.