Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
Commander of IDF’s 162 Divison says its soldiers are ‘at the gates of Gaza City’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on Google
Brig. Gen. Itzik Cohen, the commander of the IDF's 162nd Division, speaks to reporters near Gaza on November 1, 2023. (Screenshot)
Brig. Gen. Itzik Cohen, the commander of the IDF’s 162nd Division, says IDF forces are currently located deep in Gaza, “at the gates of Gaza City.”
Cohen, speaking to reporters near the Strip, says that “Hamas chose this war, we did not choose this war.”
He says that five days ago, his division “received an important task, to go and decisively finish Hamas.”
Cohen says that over the past five days, “we have destroyed much of Hamas’s abilities, attacked its strategic facilities, all of its array of explosives, its underground tunnels and other facilities we completely destroyed.”
He says that this is a “long task,” and that this is “a war for the existence of the State of Israel — and we will win.”
If you’d like to comment, join
The Times of Israel Community.
The Times of Israel Community.
JOIN THE TOI COMMUNITY
Already a member? Log in here