Dozens of operational headquarters and mortar bomb launching positions in the Gaza Strip belonging to Hamas have been destroyed in air strikes, the Israel Defense Forces announced, reported news agency ANI (Pics/AFP)
Updated On: 2023-10-16 05:50 PM IST
Compiled by : ronak mastakar
Among the sites destroyed were the military headquarters of Ali Kachi, a commander of the terror organization's Najaba Force. A number of terrorists inside the compound were also killed, reported ANI
Kachi was killed in a separate strike on Saturday
On Sunday, the Israel Defence Forces chief said that the army will soon enter the Gaza Strip to decimate the Hamas terror group, reported The Times of Israel
Israel ordered some 1 million Gazans in the northern part of the Gaza enclave to decamp for the southern half after the deadly October 7 attack by Hamas which has resulted in the loss of hundreds of Israeli civilian lives and the capture of more than 100 hostages
Israel swiftly retaliated with airstrikes on Gaza that have killed hundreds of Palestinians
In an interview with CBS News the US president Joe Biden on Sunday called Hamas a "bunch of cowards" hiding behind civilians
He expressed confidence that Israel would do everything in their power to avoid the killing of innocent civilians
Biden said that Hamas must be eliminated. However, he stressed that there needs to be a path called the "two-state solution"
Biden said that he thinks Israel understands that a significant portion of Palestinian people do not share the views of Hamas and Hezbollah
Biden also termed Israel's occupation of Gaza a "big mistake"