The Israel Defense Forces published a video this Saturday showing the movement of its tanks within the Gaza Strip, controlled by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.

This is the first image released by Israel of its armored cars inside the Palestinian enclave, since on Friday night the Army announced that it was expanding its ground operations in Gaza.

The recording is 40 seconds long and is edited, as it has different shots of its tanks, some in color, others in black and white, in an area where there are no homes.

In these images you can see dozens of armored cars, sometimes moving and other times stationary, and in one of them you can see one of the vehicles firing.

Israeli Army spokesman Daniel Hagari reported late on Friday that his forces were going to expand ground operations in the Strip from that moment on, in parallel with the intense bombing of the enclave.

This announcement was accompanied by the complete shutdown of the internet and mobile telephony inside Gaza.

In recent hours, the al-Qasam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, have stated that they are facing a “ground assault” by Israeli troops in the north of the Strip, where “intense fighting” is taking place.

Israel preparations

Before the announcement, Israel had been carrying out small ground incursions for two consecutive days, located in small areas of Gaza, waiting for the large-scale military ground offensive that they had been announcing for almost three weeks to take place.

The war between Israel and Hamas began on October 7 after the Islamist group's attack on Israeli soil, which left 1,400 dead, 5,000 injured and more than 200 kidnapped and taken to Gaza.

In retaliation, the Israeli Army has been bombing Gaza ever since, causing more than 7,300 deaths and nearly 19,000 injuries.