The head of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the army will soon enter the Gaza Strip to destroy the terrorist group Hamas, and called on soldiers to attack and destroy everything connected to the Palestinian movement, The Times of Israel reported.

Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi (in the center)Photo: IDF / UPI / Profimedia

“Our responsibility now is to enter Gaza, to get to those places where Hamas prepares, acts, plans, launches. Let’s attack them everywhere, every commander, every operative, destroy the infrastructure,” said Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Hertzi Halevi in ​​southern Israel. “In short, to win,” he added, News reported. .ro.

“We are going to do something big, something important, to change things for a long, long time… This is a great mission, a great privilege. Let’s do it perfectly,” he urged the soldiers.

“The State of Israel, the people of the south – they all trust you,” the army commander said.

On the other hand, in recent days, high-ranking officers of the ground forces were taken by the Israeli Air Force on board planes that flew over the territory of the Gaza Strip to see from above the direction of the expected military maneuvers, writes The Times of Israel.

Brigade and battalion commanders were shown from combat helicopters where ground troops are expected to enter during the upcoming ground offensive in the Gaza Strip.

The IDF said on Saturday it was finalizing preparations for a “coordinated air, sea and land attack”.

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