Israel Says the IDF and Hamas Were Taking Part in Close Combat; the Head of Hezbollah Will Now Talk About War | Updates

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have reportedly surrounded Gaza City and are engaging Hamas in close-quarters fighting. This indicates that the Israel-Hamas war and Gaza blockade in 2023 will be a violent, lengthy conflict.

With the support of several planes, armored troops and infantry are striking outposts, command centers, launching pads, and other terrorist infrastructure that Hamas uses. In direct combat, the troops are executing terrorists, according to a statement released by Israeli military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari.

On live television earlier on Thursday, Israeli military chief of staff Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi said that IDF ground forces had “operated in recent days in Gaza City, surrounding it from several directions.”

Israel is under attack from the so-called military branch of Hamas, which claims that Gaza would be a “curse” on the country and that IDF troops will return home “in black bags.” “Israel’s history will be marred by the tragedy of Gaza. In an audio speech, Abu Obeida, an official with the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, said, “Expect more of your soldiers to return in black bags.”

UPDATES FROM DAY 28 OF THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR ARE HERE:
As international pressure to end the campaign or at least temporarily halt the conflict with Hamas to enable supplies to reach beleaguered Gazans grows, IDF Admiral Hagari said that the possibility of a truce is not being addressed at all.
Israel maintains that they have not yet succeeded in eliminating Hamas and that ceasefire negotiations will not begin until that aim is accomplished.
According to Israeli sources, the Gaza battle continued for a 28th day on Friday after the October 7 onslaught, in which Hamas terrorists rushed the border, murdering 1,400 people and seizing another 240.
Israel has been bombing Palestinian land nonstop and has brought in ground soldiers; according to the health ministry in Gaza, which is controlled by Hamas, 9,061 Palestinians have died, 3,760 of them children.
For the first time in over a month, Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah in Lebanon, will address the current conflict between Israel and Hamas. The populace of Lebanon is still split on whether or not to let the ally of Iran to join the conflict.
According to the Israeli administration, Gazans who are employed there will be sent back to the Gaza Strip. Israel is cutting off all communication with Gaza. There won’t be any more Gaza-based Palestinian employees. The Israeli government declared that all Gazan laborers who were in Israel on the day the conflict broke out would be sent back to their home territory.
About 18,500 Gazans held employment licenses from Israel prior to the commencement of the Israel-Hamas war, according to COGAT, the Israeli defense agency in charge of Palestinian civilian affairs.
According to the Egyptian Ministry of Health, “344 foreign nationals, including 72 children” and 21 injured Palestinians entered Egypt.
The Hamas leadership in Gaza said on Thursday that it has “recorded 195 martyrs, 120 missing under the rubble, and 777 wounded” after two days of Israeli bombings on the Jabalia refugee camp.
“Time is running out to prevent genocide and humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza,” a delegation of human rights experts authorized by the UN said. Israel stated it was propaganda supported by Hamas.