Palestinians fled parts of Gaza City on Thursday as Israel’s military began the first stages of its planned offensive and vowed to completely obliterate the “battered and bruised” Hamas terror stronghold.

Israel’s troops have already established a foothold on the outskirts of the Palestinian enclave’s largest city and called up an additional 60,000 reservists to serve in the next phase of the war.

“We will deepen the blows to Hamas in Gaza City, a terror stronghold… We will deepen the blows to the terror infrastructure above and below ground — and disconnect the reliance of the population on Hamas,” Israel Defense Force (IDF) spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said Wednesday. 3

The IDF “is not waiting” and has already begun initial operations in Gaza City ahead of the planned offe

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