Gaza Palestinians prepare for IDF invasion
Organizations' members erect roadblock on main roads overnight, in bid to stall army forces' advancement in Strip
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have started preparing for the possibility Israel may launch a large-scale ground operation in Gaza in the coming days. During Monday night, members of the Palestinian organizations have erected roadblocks on central routes the Israeli army may want to use.
Members of Hamas, the Popular Resistance Committees and other organizations placed large piles of rubble and sand in the midst of roads in a bid to impede army forces' advancement. A Jabalya resident told Ynet that the operatives used tractors to carry stones that were scattered on the roads. In other places in the Strip, similar activities have been carried out.
Some of the Gazans living near the border with Israel have left their houses and activists said that residents of Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun in the northern Strip have also evacuated their homes in recent days and that other started preparing to transfer their children to a safe location. The greater an invasion threat becomes, operatives said, the more people will escape their houses.
According to Palestinians living in northern Gaza, IDF helicopters distributed leaflets calling on the area's residents to evict the region ahead of an army operation. The IDF denied the reports.
IDF prepares for operation
and many soldiers arrived to the assembly point north of the Gaza Strip, in preparation for a possible incursion into Gaza.
The improvised "small city" absorbed many tanks, APCs, and heavy equipment. IDF forces from Givati, Golani, and tank brigades arrived to the area. Soldiers were busy all day attending briefings about safety and preparing the equipment.
The logistics division started supplying tents, commodes, showers, generators, food and even a small canteen.
