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Watch a live view of the southern Israel skyline after the IDF said Israeli troops carried out a “targeted raid” in the Gaza Strip with tanks overnight.

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The Israeli military says its troops and tanks briefly entered northern Gaza overnight into Thursday, hitting several militant targets as a wider ground incursion looms after more than two weeks of heavy air raids

Gaza's health ministry said on Thursday that more than 7,000 Palestinians had now been killed in the retaliatory air strikes following the Hamas attack on Israel, including nearly 3,000 children.

Gaza-based Qassam Brigades has been waging an armed resistance against Israeli occupation since its founding in 1992.

Reiterating his words, "Israel is in a battle for its existence", Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that his goal against the Hamas war is "saving the nation" and promises that a ground incursion to destroy Hamas in Gaza will start soon, The Times of Israel reported on Wednesday.

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Israeli troops and tanks launched a brief ground raid into northern Gaza overnight