The Israeli military has gathered nearly 100,000 reserve troops near Gaza Strip in a bid to regain control of a desert near the embattled border, sparking fears of a ground invasion of the besieged territory.
A spokesman for the Israeli military said his country has gathered 100,000 reserve troops near Gaza for the ongoing war with Hamas as the death toll surged above 1,100 by the third day of clashes.
“We have amassed around 100,000 reserve troops who are currently in southern Israel,” said an Israeli military spokesperson in a video posted to X.
“Our job is to make sure that at the end of this war, Hamas will no longer have any military capability to threaten Israeli civilians,” Jonathan Conricus added.
He said the Israeli military will also make sure that Hamas will not be able to govern the Gaza Strip after the end of the war.
