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Israel postpones "a few days" the ground offensive on Gaza due to bad weather, according to media

MADRID, 15 Oct.

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Israel postpones "a few days" the ground offensive on Gaza due to bad weather, according to media

MADRID, 15 Oct. (DPA/EP) -

The Israeli Army has postponed its announced incursion into the Gaza Strip for a few days due to adverse weather conditions, The New York Times reported late Saturday, citing three unidentified senior Israeli officials.

The ground offensive was scheduled for this weekend, but has been postponed in part due to the difficulties that cloudy skies pose for drone operators and for Israeli pilots in charge of supporting the ground troops of the Israeli Army by air. according to this medium.

The Israeli Army hopes, according to information reported by the Times, that Hamas will try to prevent the advance of its troops by detonating the passage tunnels as the ground forces approach them.

The Israeli offensive is expected to have infantry units, tanks and sappers, as well as cover from fighters, helicopters, drones and artillery fired from land and sea, the officials quoted by the American newspaper added.

Israel's objective is to destroy the political and military leadership of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), after an unprecedented attack that left more than 1,300 dead in one week.

Israel responded to the offensive with successive retaliatory airstrikes, which have so far killed more than 2,200 people, and signs have been increasing that a ground offensive is imminent.