The Israel Defense Forces launched the main phase of its ground operation into Gaza City in recent hours, a military official stated on Tuesday, initiating the final series of battles of the war to dismantle Hamas’s last remaining military and governing stronghold.

The start of the offensive was reportedly marked by one of the most intense and widespread aerial and ground bombardments in recent months, with massive “belts of fire” reported across multiple neighborhoods throughout Gaza City, including Sabra, Daraj, Sheikh Radwan, the al-Shati Camp and Tel al-Hawa.

The operation, which follows weeks of preparatory strikes on the city’s outskirts and a major humanitarian effort to evacuate civilians, is a gradual, multi-division maneuver aimed at destroying the terror group’s strategic tu

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