Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday that Israel had no plans on relenting in its attacks after helicopters, jets, boats and artillery pounded northern and eastern parts of Gaza with 1,000 bombs overnight on Thursday. Snipers and missile units were also waiting for them on the ground as the IDF said it had carried out a 'complex' operation to destroy Hamas tunnels underneath Gaza City, which the military refers to as 'the Metro'. Soldiers and tanks with drones equipped with night vision lay in wait for survivors as they surfaced, hitting them with aerial and ground fire. However, the announcement was apparently a well-planned ploy to get Hamas to send its fighters into its underground tunnel system beneath Gaza City, before bombarding the area, in the hope of eliminating large numbers of militants in one fell swoop. A spokesman later retracted that statement - saying that military operations were conducted along the border, but no Israeli troops had crossed it. There was confusion when the IDF said shortly after midnight that ground forces were 'attacking in Gaza', and later suggested that boots were on the ground. The Israel Defence Forces managed to trick Hamas into believing a ground invasion was underway last night and then obliterated their tunnel network knowing militants would be hiding underground waiting to ambush tanks and soldiers, reports in Israel claim. Fighting continued this morning as IDF jets struck what they called underground rocket sites and observation posts around Gaza, with Hamas suicide drones sent the other wayīy Lauren Lewis and Chris Pleasance for MailOnline.More street clashes took place in Israeli-Arab city of Lod, with fighting reported in Jaffa and Umm al-Fahm.
Meanwhile Hamas has continued firing hundreds of rockets at Israel from Gaza and was joined overnight by three rockets fired from Hezbollah-controlled Lebanon, though all of them fell short.Israel stepped up its attacks on Gaza overnight with more than 1,000 bombs and shells pounding northern and eastern areas in the heaviest attacks of the conflict so far.Still, fears of invasion remain with thousands of troops moving to the border and 9,000 reservists called up.Turned out to be a well-planned ploy get Hamas to send its fighters into its underground tunnel system beneath Gaza City, before bombarding the area, in the hope of eliminating large numbers of militants.There was confusion when the IDF suggested troops were on the ground in Gaza, before retracting the statement and saying that forces attacked Hamas tunnels along the border but did not cross it.then obliterated tunnel network knowing militants would be hiding underground waiting to ambush tanks Israel's deadly deception: IDF TRICKED Hamas into believing a ground invasion was underway.
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