Israel has said that it has attacked a further 300 Hamas targets in Gaza.
The first piece of footage purports to show a number of Hamas targets being hit by Israeli ordnance in Gaza.
The footage shows a number of buildings being destroyed and individuals being hit in large explosions.
The second piece of footage shows Israeli troops on the ground, with tanks and infantry seen marching between partially destroyed buildings and opening fire with assault rifles.
The third piece of footage shows a large explosion, reportedly a tunnel shaft in which Israeli forces located a number of weapons.
The first two pieces of footage were obtained from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Thursday, 23rd November, along with a statement saying: “During the IDF’s activity in the Gaza Strip, about 300 Hamas terrorist targets were attacked from the air in the last day, including operational headquarters, underground combat tunnels, IED warehouses, IED production sites and anti-tank launching positions.”
The third piece of footage was also obtained from the IDF on Thursday along with a statement saying: “The fighters of the 924th Engineering Battalion in the 12th Brigade located a tunnel shaft in the agricultural area of Beit Hanon and destroyed it. 14th Brigade fighters located many weapons and a tunnel shaft in a civilian house in the Beit Hanon area.”
We have not been able to independently verify the claims or the footage.
The Israel-Hamas war is now entering its 48th day, after the deadliest attack on Israel by Hamas on 7th October left 1,200 Israelis dead.
Israel has since retaliated with airstrikes on Gaza and a ground invasion.
Some Palestinian health officials say they have lost the ability to count the dead due to the collapse of Gaza’s health infrastructure and the difficulty of recovering bodies from areas where Israeli forces are active.
But the Palestinian government’s media office has put the estimated number of dead at over 14,532.
Israeli and US officials have said that there will be no ceasefire or hostage release before Friday, after a deal was agreed between Israel and Hamas yesterday.
Israel National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi said in a statement: “The start of the release will take place according to the original agreement between the sides, and not before Friday.”
Israeli officials have also been cited as saying that fighting would not stop today, on Thursday, as had been anticipated.
White House spokesperson Adrienne Watson said that the final logistical details for the exchange of hostages and prisoners were being determined.
She said: “That is on track and we are hopeful that implementation will begin on Friday morning.”
The US has said that it has downed drones in the Red Sea that had been launched from Yemen.
Israel’s military spokesperson Danial Hagari has said the IDF has attacked further targets inside Lebanon.
Visiting Israel, the UK Foreign Secretary, David Cameron, has been shown kibbutz Be’eri, one of the sites attacked by Hamas on 7th October.
Dozens of unidentified Palestinians including children have been buried in a mass grave in Khan Younis.
Bassem Dababesh of the Emergency Committee at the Religious Affairs Ministry said: “As these martyrs had no one to say goodbye to, we dug a mass grave to bury them. They are unknown martyrs.”
