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Saturday, October 28, 2023
IDF says military ‘advancing through stages of war’ in Gaza; no soldiers hurt so far in expanded ground op
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari says the military is “advancing through the stages of the war” in Gaza, with ground forces carrying out operations in the Strip.
“Infantry, armored, engineering and artillery forces participating in the activity, accompanied by heavy [air] fire,” he says, noting that “the forces are still on the ground and continue the fighting.”
He says no soldiers have been hurt in the expanded ground operation in Gaza so far.
On two Hamas commanders killed in overnight Israeli airstrikes — the head of the terror group’s aerial forces and a naval forces commander — Hagari says “their elimination brings good progress in the stages of the war and helps the forces fight a weaker enemy.”
