Israel's military said today that it carried out a targeted raid overnight in northern Gaza using tanks. A video published by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) today showed tanks and armoured vehicles moving on a road near a fence in northern Gaza. The tanks fired artillery, and some destruction could be seen nearby. The move came hours after Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu said, Israel was preparing for a ground offensive.
The Israeli fighter jets also carried out overnight airstrikes over 250 Hamas sites in the Gaza Strip. According to the IDF, the sites struck by Israel included Hamas infrastructure, command centres, tunnels and rocket launchers.