U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Israel comes as clashes between the Israeli Defense Forces and Hamas continue in Gaza.
The IDF in a statement said that one of its brigades 'clashed with a number of terror squads inside the Gaza Strip' on Thursday night. It described a 'lengthy battle' during which it said that 'terrorists fired anti-tank missiles at them and activated a number of IEDs.' 'The forces on the ground directed aircraft and artillery airstrikes. The terrorists were killed and the danger to the troops was removed,' the statement read.
IDF ground troops are expanding into Gaza, intensifying their operations in the densely urban Gaza City, which is said to be a Hamas stronghold. Hamas has governed Gaza since 2007, the same year Israel imposed a land, air and sea blockade on the territory of now 2.3 million people. The IDF says ground operations are necessary to eliminate Hamas, which carried out the deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel that killed more than 1,300 people.
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