Israel’s aircraft, tanks step up strikes as it plans to reduce troops
Residents say Israeli aircraft and tanks stepped up strikes in southern Gaza since the new year, after it announced plans to pull back some troops.
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00:00 Residents say Israeli aircraft and tanks have stepped up strikes in southern Gaza since
00:05 the new year, after it announced plans to pull back some troops.
00:10 Israel says the war in Gaza will go on for many months.
00:13 However, an Israeli official says Monday, January 1, the military will draw down forces
00:18 inside the enclave this month and shift to a months-long phase of more localized mopping-up
00:23 operations.
00:25 Residents of Sheikh Radwan district in Gaza City say tanks withdrew after what they described
00:30 as the most intense 10 days of warfare since the conflict began.
00:35 But tanks remain in other parts of northern Gaza and fighting in central parts of the
00:39 enclave continues unabated.
00:41 Residents also say tanks shelled parts of the Al-Boreji refugee camp in central Gaza.
00:47 The war has reduced much of Gaza to rubble, killing thousands and plunging its 2.3 million
00:52 people into a humanitarian disaster.
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