ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 60

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IDF steps up strikes in northern Gaza as fighting expands

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent.

IDF soldiers in the Gaza Strip in a handout photo distributed on November 19, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
IDF soldiers in the Gaza Strip in a handout photo distributed on November 19, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

The Israel Defense Forces says that overnight, fighter jets struck “many” Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip towns of Jabaliya, Beit Lahiya, and Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighborhood overnight.

The airstrikes come as ground forces begin to maneuver deeper into the northern Gaza Strip, specifically Jabaliya and Zeitoun.

Meanwhile, troops of the Nahal Brigade, with tanks and air support, battled Hamas operatives on the outskirts of Jabaliya, the IDF says.

It says that in one of the clashes, troops called in a drone strike on Hamas gunmen on a rooftop. Soldiers also recovered weapons in residential homes in the area.
At the same time, navy missile ships carried out strikes with thousands of munitions on Hamas sites along Gaza’s coast, the IDF says.

The navy also aided ground troops with observation capabilities and firepower, it adds.

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