Israel extends ground offensive into southern Gaza, with mission in north ‘almost complete’
by Harriet Sherwood and Jason Burke in Jerusalem from World news | The Guardian on (#6GWA5)
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Israeli tanks, armoured personnel carriers and bulldozers have entered the southern part of the Gaza Strip near Khan Younis, as an Israeli commander claimed the army had almost completed its mission in the north.
Israeli military vehicles were on the southern section of the main north-to-south road in Gaza, firing bullets and tank shells at cars and people trying to move through the area", a witness, Moaz Mohammed, told the AFP news agency.
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