Israeli troops and tanks conducted an hourslong raid into northern Gaza Thursday night, taking out several Hamas targets in order to “prepare the battlefield” for an expected full-force invasion. 

The overnight raid Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers enter the Palestinian territory in the biggest attack since waging war against Hamas on Oct. 7 — with Israeli fighters taking out terrorists, as well as Hamas’ infrastructure and anti-tank missile launching units, the Jewish state said. 

Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari,an IDF spokesman, said the raid was “part of our preparations for the next stages of the war.” 

Along with the ground incursion, Israel carried out about 250 airstrikes across Gaza over the last 24 hours, targeting Hamas’ tunnel shafts, rocket launchers and other terrorist infrastructure. 

The IDF said Thursday night’s attacks were successful, with no Israeli fighter wounded. 

While there was no immediate confirmation of any Palestinian casualties, the Hamas-led Gaza Health Ministry says more than 6,500 Palestinians have been killed in the war so far, including women and children. 

Gaza officials said 750 of those deaths occurred over the past 24 hours, higher than the 704 from the previous day. 

The Health Ministry’s estimates could not be independently verified, and the ministry’s total does not distinguish between civilians and members of the terrorist group. 

Regardless, the perils of the war were highlighted on Wednesday when the wife, son, daughter, and grandson of Al-Jazeera reporter Wael Dahdouh were killed in an Israeli airstrike. 

The network showed footage of the veteran Gaza correspondent sobbing as he entered a hospital and saw his dead son. 

Dahdouh and other mourners attended funerals on Thursday wearing the blue flak jackets reports use when working in the Palestinian territories. 

Thursday’s airstrikes also hit a residential building in the southern town of Khan Younis where 75 people were living, according to family members. 

Israel has repeatedly blamed Hamas for the loss of civilian life since the war began, accusing the terrorists of hiding behind the densely pact territory, which houses more than 2 million people. 

The Jewish state has vowed to eradicate the terrorist group after Hamas invaded Israel in early October, killing more than 1,400 people and taking at least 224 hostages back to Gaza. 

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As Israel prepares for an all-out invasion, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, has raised the alarm that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza will only worsen. 

The Palestinian territory is quickly running out of food, water and medicine, with about 60 trucks of aid packages entering in recent weeks, only a fraction of what the population needs. 

“This is a small amount of what is required, a drop in the ocean,” said William Schomburg, head of the sub-delegation in Gaza. “We are trying to establish a pipeline.”

Gaza is also running out of fuel, which is needed to power generators, with Israel refusing to let any through out of fear that Hamas will take it for their own benefit. 

The UNRWA has been sharing its own fuel to keep incubators, life support machines and other vital equipment working in hospitals, as well as powering bakeries so people can eat at shelters. 

The agency, however, is expected to run out of fuel by Thursday. 

The decrease in aid has led to “alarming” infection rates at several hospitals in Gaza, according to Doctors Without Borders, with amputations now often required to stop infections from spreading. 

One surgeon with the humanitarian group said he had to amputate half of a 9-year-old’s foot with only “slight sedation” on a hallway floor while his mother and sister watched. 

As the fighting continues, Israel has also faced other attacks, including rocket launches from Syria and from Hezbollah terrorists operating in Lebanon. 

Israel took out several military sites in Syria, with Syrian media outlets reporting at least eight soldiers dead and seven others wounded. 

Its airports of  Aleppo and Damascus were also hit in an apparent attempt to stop arms shipments from Iran to reach terrorist groups. 

With more conflict on the horizon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a speech Wednesday night that his nation would investigate what went wrong on Oct. 7 that allowed Hamas to invade Israel in full-force. 

The investigation, however, will only occur once Hamas is defeated, he added. 

“We will get to the bottom of what happened,” he said. “This debacle will be investigated. Everyone will have to give answers, including me.”

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