Daily Briefing: Combat in North Gaza, Humanitarian Trucks in the South
Quick Update from the Front Lines
Lt. Col. Richard Hecht
Nov 6, 2023
Where Things Stand Now
Today is November 6th. October 6th, 31 days ago, was quiet. Peaceful. And if Hamas hadn’t attacked Israel on October 7th, today would be too.
Instead, Hamas attacked, leaving 1400+ dead Israelis and 240 hostages in Gaza.
We know what Hamas did. We know they’d do it again. That’s what this war is about.
Now we’re taking the fight to them in northern Gaza, engaged in close quarter combat. The fighting has been fierce, but, like I told the media today, we countered Hamas’ attacks, we contained them. Now we’re closing in on them.
Yesterday, troops of the 36th Division reached the coast in Gaza. We’ve completed encircling northern Gaza, separating Hamas strongholds in the north from the south. This is proving to be effective.
In the meantime, we’ve been urging civilians in north Gaza to evacuate for weeks. We will continue to allow civilians to evacuate through the evacuation corridor that we’ve opened, despite Hamas efforts to stop them.
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