it looks like the IDF is using "bunker busters" against tunnels. I thought as much, when I saw a reporter on Fox saying how the ground shook after a bombing. It looks to me like the IDF is going about this as methodically as they can.
... 'We moved to the next stage in the war,' defence minister Yoav Gallant said as daybreak revealed hundreds of destroyed buildings.
'Last evening the ground shook in Gaza. We attacked above ground and underground. The campaign will continue until further notice.'
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The 'next stage' saw jets strike targets in northern Gaza on Friday night, including Gaza City suburbs. There were also strikes around the Al-Shifa hospital, which Israel claims hides a Hamas command and control centre underneath, making it a military target.
According to some reports, the Israeli Air Force deployed 'bunker buster' ordnance to destroy Hamas's tunnel network. The first warhead of the missiles creates a hole, then a second penetrates deeper into the earth, destroying underground structures.
At least 100 fighter-bombers attacked around 150 underground targets. Israel Defence Forces spokesman Daniel Hagari again warned civilians in northern Gaza to evacuate without delay. ...
Much more, and lots of photos, at the link.
Onward and upward,
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