Israel prepares for ground offensive

In a sign that the Gaza ground offensive is imminent, Israel’s defence minister has told troops massed on the border they will soon “see it from the inside”

ISRAEL 
Gaza Strip
West Bank

GAZA STRIP
Population: 2.23 million
EVACUATION AREA
Zikim 
Beit Lahiya
Jabalia 
Ash Shati
Gaza City
Erez 
Beit Hanoun
Nahal Oz Be’eri
Hamas claims to have 500km network of tunnels
Destroyed
Wadi Gaza 
Bureij
Khan Younis
Maghazi 
Re’im
Rafah
Sufa
Nuseirat
Deir el- Balah 
ISRAEL

Military base
Tanks, armoured vehicles
Border checkpoints (closed)
Hospital
Refugee camp


10km 6 miles


Sources: BBC, New York Times, Wall Street Journal
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