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Joel B. Pollak
Israel launched expanded incursions into Gaza on Friday evening, sending tanks and special forces into the terrorist-controlled territory to take out specific targets and prepare the way for a possible full-scale ground invasion.
As the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution calling for a ceasefire — and defeated an amendment that would have condemned Hamas — Israel continued taking the fight to the Palestinian terrorist group that launched the war by invading Israel and killing over 1,400 people Oct. 7.
White House NSC spokesman John Kirby said:
“All I can tell you is we want to see the hostages released,” he said.
The United States is offering military advice, Kirby added. But ultimately, he said, Israel is going to make its own decisions on the battlefield and answer for them.
“They have to drive the strategy that they have developed, operationally and then tactically,” he said.
Palestinian al-Qassam brigades fire an ATGM at an Israeli Merkava tank in northern #Gaza strip. pic.twitter.com/ke6dhwikE6
— Majd Fahd 🇸🇾 (@Syria_Protector) October 27, 2023
Earlier, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released video footage of airstrikes on underground command centers and tunnels.
Madhath Mubashar—Commander of Hamas’ Western Khan Yunis Battalion—was eliminated by an IDF aerial strike.
Furthermore, the IDF struck 250+ Hamas targets including a terrorist tunnel network in Gaza that detonated the secondary explosions. pic.twitter.com/qaB5J0np2G
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) October 27, 2023
Meanwhile, in Tel Aviv, three people were wounded when a Hamas rocket evaded the Iron Dome and hit an apartment building.
Footage released by Hamas terror group of intense clashes after Israel launched Ground Operation inside Gaza. pic.twitter.com/Nto73l48EK
— Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) October 27, 2023
I’m texting with a Palestinian source inside Gaza. He’s using an American SIM card that he says is picking up Cellcom, an Israeli network. Watch as tanks fire behind us during the report. pic.twitter.com/xk69XwO88I
— Trey Yingst (@TreyYingst) October 27, 2023
Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). He is the author of the new biography, Rhoda: ‘Comrade Kadalie, You Are Out of Order’. He is also the author of the recent e-book, Neither Free nor Fair: The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.
