Israeli troops encircle Gaza City and expected to enter in force within 48 hours
by Peter Beaumont and Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem from World news | The Guardian on (#6G528)
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The Israeli military says it has completely encircled Gaza City after over a week of heavy fighting, in effect severing the territory into two.
Moving under the cover of intensive aerial bombardments on Sunday night from air, land and sea - accompanied by a communications blackout - Israeli troops moved to surround the city as Hamas militants were reported to have pulled back to prepared positions deeper in the dense urban sprawl.
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