Tanks and soldiers entered Northern Gaza on Thursday night, possibly as a prelude to a more extensive ground assault. The ground operation was carried out, according to the Israeli Defence Force (IDF), to target multiple military installations.
The greatest invasion of the continuing conflict was the march into Gaza territory, but as of yet, at least, gold dealers don’t seem to be piling back into the precious metal in front of the weekend. Four hostages have been freed in the past week, and Hamas is now requesting a ceasefire in order to find and collect other prisoners, the release of which will be subject to the ceasefire.