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Over the past week, the Israeli Air Force launched an opening strike, targeting more than 670 Hamas terror targets throughout the Gaza Strip in order to disrupt enemy preparations and support the ongoing ground operation. Among the targets attacked were weapons storage facilities, terrorists, underground tunnels, and anti-tank launch sites.<\/p>\n

The Air Force continues to provide continuous support to the forces operating in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n

So far, IDF forces have eliminated dozens of terrorists, destroyed terror infrastructure both above and below ground, and are now securing key areas within the strip.<\/p>\n

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IDF forces in Gaza | Photo: IDF Spokesperson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The IDF will continue to take action against terror organizations in the Gaza Strip as needed to protect the citizens of Israel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the past 24 hours, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), under the Southern Command and with both regular and reserve forces, have begun an extensive ground operation across the northern and southern Gaza Strip, initiating Operation “Gideon\u2019s Chariots.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":23392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,6],"tags":[2302,5179,1477,1480,5762,3850,3810,2515],"class_list":["post-23390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-idf","category-security","tag-air-force","tag-gideons-chariots","tag-hamas","tag-israel","tag-israel-defense-forcesgaza","tag-national-security","tag-operation","tag-terrorism"],"yoast_head":"\nIsraeli Forces Begin Ground Offensive in Gaza - REGA news<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Israeli Forces Begin Ground Offensive in Gaza\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In the past 24 hours, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), under the Southern Command and with both regular and reserve forces, have begun an extensive ground operation across the northern and southern Gaza Strip, initiating Operation "Gideon\u2019s Chariots."\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/israeli-forces-begin-ground-offensive-in-gaza\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"REGA news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-18T14:00:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-18T14:33:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1-143.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"By Rega News Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"By Rega News Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/israeli-forces-begin-ground-offensive-in-gaza\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/israeli-forces-begin-ground-offensive-in-gaza\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"By Rega News Staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/3f9b86ab4cc807acf1c0839b1f1ac2ce\"},\"headline\":\"Israeli Forces Begin Ground Offensive in Gaza\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-18T14:00:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-18T14:33:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/israeli-forces-begin-ground-offensive-in-gaza\/\"},\"wordCount\":134,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/israeli-forces-begin-ground-offensive-in-gaza\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1-143.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"Air Force\",\"Gideon\u2019s Chariots\",\"Hamas\",\"Israel\",\"Israel Defense ForcesGaza\",\"National Security\",\"operation\",\"Terrorism\"],\"articleSection\":[\"IDF\",\"SECURITY\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/israeli-forces-begin-ground-offensive-in-gaza\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/israeli-forces-begin-ground-offensive-in-gaza\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/israeli-forces-begin-ground-offensive-in-gaza\/\",\"name\":\"Israeli Forces Begin Ground Offensive in Gaza - 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