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War between Israel and Hamas: at the heart of the offensive with the army in Gaza
In Gaza City, fighting continued on Wednesday, November 8, and was intense. The Israeli army says 50,000 civilians have fled the north of the enclave to the south. 20 Heures correspondent Agnès Vahramian was able to enter the Gaza Strip for the first time. Reporting. – (France 2)
In Gaza City, fighting continued on Wednesday, November 8, and was intense. The Israeli army says 50,000 civilians have fled the north of the enclave to the south. The correspondent of 20 Heures, Agnès Vahramian, was able to enter the Gaza Strip for the first time. Reporting.
There are only two or three kilometers to go, but they will be done in armored vehicles. A 20 Heures team was able to embark with the Israeli military, under the first condition of not revealing the precise location of the destination. Through a tiny opening, it is possible to see the security barrier that separates Israel from Gaza. “We are entering Gaza and we are taking exactly the same route that the terrorists took to come to Israel on October 7.“, testifies Agnès Vahramian, correspondent for 20 Heures.
Explosives and booby traps in buildings
In Betanoun, the closest town to Israel, the scale of the destruction and the sounds of explosions are impressive. Colonel Ivry Elbaz leads the brigade of 3,000 men. “In every two or three buildings, according to our calculations, there are explosives, booby traps“, affirms the colonel. One of these traps exploded in a burning house, Hamas knew that the Israeli army necessarily passed here to enter Gaza. Air raids, artillery, the layout of the streets no longer really exists in Betanoun.