{"id":187826,"date":"2023-10-11T01:59:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T01:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=187826"},"modified":"2023-10-11T01:59:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T01:59:23","slug":"more-hamas-militants-cross-into-israel-idf-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/world-news\/more-hamas-militants-cross-into-israel-idf-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"More Hamas militants &apos;cross into Israel&apos;, IDF claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>More Hamas militants &#8216;cross into Israel&#8217; as death toll in bloody war with Hamas rises to 1,900 and residents are told to head to safe rooms<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Israel is expected to soon launch a dramatic ground offensive into the Gaza Strip<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More Hamas militants reportedly crossed into Israel overnight into Wednesday, pushing Israeli residents back into safe rooms as clashes escalate.<\/p>\n<p>Residents of Ashkelon were said\u00a0to have been told to head to safe spaces following reports of militants moving east over the border, according to the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>Israel also carried out airstrikes back into Gaza early on Wednesday as retaliatory bombing continued to flatten entire neighbourhoods in the coastal enclave.<\/p>\n<p>It comes as Israel prepares for an anticipated ground offensive back into Gaza, having announced the mobilisation of some 360,000 reservists.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to soldiers near the border on Tuesday, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said: &#8216;Hamas wanted a change and it will get one. What was in Gaza will no longer be.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We started the offensive from the air, later on we will also come from the ground. We&#8217;ve been controlling the area since Day 2 and we are on the offensive. It will only intensify.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some 1,900 people have been reported to have died in the conflict since Saturday, including 1,000 dead in Israel and 900 in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/11\/01\/76405777-12617107-image-a-85_1696984741696.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Israeli soldiers walk next to the body of Hamas militant killed in Kfar Aza kibbutz next to the border with Gaza, 10 October 2023<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/11\/01\/76405513-12617107-image-a-86_1696984756514.jpg\" height=\"427\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Israeli forces transport military equipment, armored vehicles and artillery to the Gaza border in Israel as Israeli airstrikes continue on October 10, 2023. Israeli howitzers and cannons were placed in trenches in the area near the border<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/11\/02\/76405511-12617107-image-a-103_1696986025333.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Israeli forces transport military equipment, armored vehicles and artillery to the Gaza border in Israel as Israeli airstrikes continue on October 10, 2023<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/11\/02\/76405705-12617107-image-a-101_1696986006231.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Smoke billows after a strike by Israel on the port of Gaza City on October 10, 2023<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/11\/02\/76405453-12617107-image-a-104_1696986034962.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Smoke billows from the Gaza&#8217;s Rafah border crossing with Egypt during an Israeli airstrike on October 10, 2023. Gaza&#8217;s border crossing with Egypt, its only one that bypasses Israel, was hit by an Israeli air strike on October 10, 2023 for the second time in 24 hours<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday saw pressure on borders as Israel fired upon targets in Syria, in response to what they say were shells fired from a Palestinian faction.<\/p>\n<p>Rockets have also been fired back at Lebanon after a silo was launched from the country into Israel, for which no-one has yet claimed responsibility.<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0&#8216;Mummy, help me&#8217;: The heartbreaking conversation between autistic girl, 12, and her mother before she was surrounded and kidnapped by Hamas terrorists\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/11\/01\/76403905-12617107-Carmela_right_was_with_her_granddaughter_left_when_Hamas_struck_-a-100_1696985569343.jpg\" height=\"365\" width=\"274\"><\/p>\n<p>Israeli airstrikes also struck the only land exit from Gaza into Egypt today, shortly after a senior IDF spokesperson advised civilians in the Strip to flee through it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sinai for Human Rights, an Egyptian NGO, said that strikes through Tuesday had forced the Rafah crossing shut.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The strikes came as a senior IDF spokesperson today advised Palestinians in the Gaza Strip to flee through the crossing &#8211; before the military issued a correction.<\/p>\n<p>The IDF&#8217;s international media spokesman, Lt. Col. Richard Hecht, had said: &#8216;Rafah crossing is still open. Anyone who can get out, I would advise them to get out.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The military later clarified: &#8216;In recent days, the IDF has been instructing the population inside of the Gaza Strip to distance themselves from designated areas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We emphasise that there is no official call by Israel for residents of the Gaza Strip to exit into Egypt.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Both Israel and Hamas have continued to launch devastating rocket barrages in the direction of the other.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari admitted &#8216;hundreds of tons of bombs&#8217; had already been dropped on Gaza: &#8216;The emphasis is on damage and not accuracy.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A large part of Gaza City&#8217;s Rimal neighborhood was reduced to rubble yesterday after hours of airstrikes the night before.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Residents found buildings torn in half or demolished to mounds of concrete and rebar.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cars were flattened and trees burned out on residential streets transformed into moonscapes.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Gaza&#8217;s largest refugee camp was hit by strikes, killing dozens.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dramatic photos also showed rockets being fired from Gaza into Israel on Tuesday as the conflict shows no sign of abating.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hamas said on Monday they would execute a hostage and upload the footage each time an Israeli airstrike hit civilian houses without warning.<\/p>\n<p>As of Tuesday, there was no evidence this was the case, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/11\/01\/76406329-12617107-image-a-95_1696985389353.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>An aerial view of the destroyed Al-Abbas Mosque following the Israeli airstrikes in Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza on October 10, 2023<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/11\/01\/76406331-12617107-image-a-96_1696985399664.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A large part of Gaza City&#8217;s Rimal neighborhood was reduced to rubble yesterday after hours of airstrikes the night before\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/11\/01\/76406333-12617107-image-a-97_1696985401611.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Cars were flattened and trees burned out on residential streets transformed into moonscapes\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/11\/01\/76406327-12617107-image-a-98_1696985414936.jpg\" height=\"480\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>This handout satellite picture released by Maxar Technologies on October 10, 2023 shows the Rimal district in Gaza City<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/11\/01\/76405541-12617107-image-a-94_1696985363517.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A salvo of rockets is fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza towards Israel on October 10<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/11\/01\/76405531-12617107-image-a-99_1696985482967.jpg\" height=\"951\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Dramatic photos showed rockets being fired from Gaza towards Israel on Tuesday\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Israel continues to seek revenge after Hamas gunmen stormed into Israel on Saturday and attacked civilians.<\/p>\n<p>More than 260 died at a trance festival in southern Israel after militants on paragliders and armed men in vans swept into the event just after dawn.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some 150 people have now reportedly been taken hostage by the group, with footage showing some being taken back into Gaza on golf carts and in trucks.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to turn the city &#8216;into rubble&#8217; in revenge for attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12617107\/hamas-militants-cross-israel-safe-rooms.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More Hamas militants &#8216;cross into Israel&#8217; as death toll in bloody war with Hamas rises to 1,900 and residents are<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187825,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>More Hamas militants &amp;apos;cross into Israel&amp;apos;, IDF claims - News Need News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/world-news\/more-hamas-militants-cross-into-israel-idf-claims\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"More Hamas militants &amp;apos;cross into Israel&amp;apos;, IDF claims - News Need News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"More Hamas militants &#8216;cross into Israel&#8217; 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