Israel signals intent to encircle Gaza main city with tank posts

[Collection]Israel has shown its intention to encircle Gaza's main city by publishing pictures of battle tanks on the Palestinian enclave's western coast. The Israeli military also released images of soldiers waving an Israeli flag inside Gaza, although these pictures could not be independently verified. Hamas claimed to have fired mortars at Israeli forces in northern Gaza and hit Israeli tanks with missiles. Meanwhile, central Israel experienced heavy rocket fire, with sirens sounding in several cities.