We will enter the Gaza Strip – IDF Chief of Staff

Herzi Halevi, Chief of Staff of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), informed the IDF Command on Saturday that the military will launch an operation to take out Hamas.

Source: CNN

Quote from Halevi: "We’ll enter the Gaza Strip. We’ll embark on an operational and professional task to destroy Hamas operatives and infrastructures."

Details: Halevi said that when the Israel Defence Forces enter the Gaza Strip, they will "keep in mind" the events that took place on 7 October during the Hamas attack that killed at least 1,400 people in Israel.

He added that the Gaza Strip is complex and crowded, but the IDF is preparing.

Background: 

• On Saturday evening, the first twenty trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered the Gaza Strip on 21 October through the Rafah checkpoint on the border with Egypt.
• Embassies have asked their citizens in Gaza to be prepared to cross the border, but crowds of frustrated Palestinians with American, Canadian, German and British passports waited in vain for hours, for at least the fifth time this week.

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