Gaza: 24 hours after the armed incursion

From Gaza, Palestine, our correspondent Huda Hegazi reports on recent events with journalists in the Strip. teleSUR

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00:00 From the governorate of Can Junis, our correspondent in Gaza updates us on the latest news in the

00:04 last 24 hours since the occupying army decided to carry out a ground incursion.

00:08 Around 10 o'clock in the morning local time here in Gaza, a group of journalists were

00:18 on their way from the governorate of Can Junis, where we are right now in the south of the

00:23 Gaza Strip, to Gaza City, which is located in the west of the Gaza Strip.

00:32 While they were on their way to Gaza City, they were surprised and met with several tanks

00:37 of the occupation army and several soldiers in Net Zarim governorate, which is close to

00:44 Gaza City, more towards the northern part of the Gaza River, which separates the Gaza

00:49 Strip from north to south.

00:53 According to their statements, the statements of these journalists, they assured that it

00:58 was a surprise since no one had reported that tanks of the occupation army had proceeded

01:03 to make a land incursion.

01:07 At that very moment, these journalists proceeded to shout to the other cars that they should

01:11 turn back since the tanks of the occupation army were in that area.

01:16 However, there were several cars that did not hear the call and the tanks of the occupation

01:22 army proceeded to bombard them directly.

01:28 According to their statements, a car in which at least four people were in was bombed directly

01:33 in front of their eyes.

01:36 And they proceeded to return towards the governorate of Can Junis as they had cut off the road

01:41 due to the tanks of the occupation army and they were not only in the city of Net Zarim

01:47 but also in the coastal area west of the Gaza Strip, specifically in the area of Istikim.

01:55 And according to what we have been informed so far, they are in the governorate of Beit

02:00 Laja.

02:03 There is no news yet that they have retreated into the occupied territories if they have

02:08 left the Gaza Strip.

02:12 But according to government media, we have been assured that Palestinian resistance fighters

02:16 have carried out several clashes with soldiers and so far these clashes are ongoing and we

02:23 do not know what could happen in the coming hours.

02:30 Whether they would proceed to make another incursion or move further into the Gaza Strip

02:37 or the fighters could wipe out the soldiers and make them withdraw from the Gaza Strip

02:43 territories.