A Palestinian mourned the death of family members in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday.
Photo: mahmud hams/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesIsraeli troops were advancing toward the heart of Gaza City, engaging in heavy gunbattles and ratcheting up pressure on neighborhoods that have become a refuge for tens of thousands of Palestinians.
The Israeli military said Thursday it captured an area on the western side of the Jabalia refugee camp, north of Gaza City, after a 10-hour gunbattle with Hamas that unfolded in tunnels and on city streets that have become a wasteland.
Israel troops fought amid destroyed buildings, backed up by tanks, and with armored bulldozers clearing a path through the rubble, pictures released by Israel Defense Forces showed.
Weapons were captured and tunnel shafts uncovered, the Israeli military said
Persons:
Khan Younis, mahmud
Organizations:
Agence France, Getty, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces
Locations:
Gaza, Gaza City, Israel