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IDF stepping up strikes to create ‘best conditions’ for ‘next phase of war’
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Illustrative: Palestinians inspect debris after an Israeli strike near a UNRWA school in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip on October 21, 2023. (Mahmud HAMS / AFP)
Israel will immediately step up its strikes in Gaza to increase pressure on Hamas, IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari says.
“We have to enter the next phase of the war in the best conditions, not according to what anyone tells us. From today, we are increasing the strikes and minimizing the danger,” Hagari tells a press conference, likely referring to a looming ground offensive.
In the past, Israel has pounded areas near the Gaza border with artillery and airstrikes to soften resistance immediately before launching a ground incursion.
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