After a month of fighting, it appeared as though Israeli and Hamas forces were engaged in close-quarters fighting in Gaza City. Following a horrific surprise
strike by Hamas last month that left over 1,400
people dead in the Jewish nation,
israel has increased its ground operations. The Israeli military declared that it was tracking down and demolishing the hundreds of km of tunnels that Hamas had dug beneath Gaza.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of
iran and its allies were reportedly using a weapon storage facility in eastern
syria when the US began airstrikes against it during the conflict, according to the Pentagon. In reaction to attacks on US troops, Washington has begun hitting forces and infrastructure that are backed by Iran.
In the meantime, the Israeli military said that over 130 tunnels that Hamas used to smuggle weapons and supplies and to shelter its militants had been destroyed. Tel Aviv said that 33 soldiers had died in the ground attack in Gaza, despite Hamas's assertions that they severely outmatched the Israeli forces.
Tens of thousands of civilians have left northern Gaza for the south as battle rages; on
november 4, the Israeli military created "corridors" for intermittent evacuation. This occurred amid
international appeals for a
war truce as the beleaguered enclave has been dealing with a humanitarian catastrophe due to a shortage of medication and supplies. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reports that
israel attacked Hezbollah installations in
lebanon close to Damascus,
syria, killing three militants who supported Iran.
US tells iran it doesn't want to escalate conflict in Middle East: Official According to a senior US defense source, the US has "additional measures to communicate directly with Iran" and does not aim to intensify the Middle
east conflict during the Israel-Hamas battle, CNN said on Wednesday. The
event followed the Pentagon's announcement that it had carried out an airstrike in response to attacks on US forces in the region by Iranian-backed organizations, targeting a weapons storage site in
syria utilized by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Israel says it struck Hezbollah facilities in Lebanon
Fighter planes from the
israel Defence Forces (IDF) reportedly destroyed Hezbollah terror facilities in Lebanon. The military buildings and positions that the
terrorists occupied, as well as other
technology resources utilized to incite terror against
israel, were among the targets hit by Hezbollah. Not so long ago, the Israeli Defence Forces destroyed a terrorist cell operating in
lebanon close to the northern Israeli town of Biranit.