ISRAEL'S military has reached Hamas' terror nest in Gaza City as it claimed to have blitzed 600 terror targets in a 24 hour firestorm.
Footage showed tanks and troops storming through the besieged enclave as Israel also wiped out the head of Hamas' navy in their "second stage" of war.
IDF troops were also pelted with rocks as they carried out raids against armed Palestinian groups in the West Bank.
Israel's military claimed it had killed dozens of Hamas terrorists overnight in Gaza in their biggest bombardment yet.
The last two nights have seen Israel ferociously pound the Gaza Strip with an increased relentlessness as the IDF expands their ground operations inside the enclave, which Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu warned would be "long and difficult".
On Saturday night, Netanyahu declared: "This is the second stage of the war whose goals are clear - to destroy Hamas' governing and military capabilities and to bring the hostages home."
And last night, the IDF claimed to have hit over 600 targets - an increase on the 450 targets they reportedly hit on Sunday.
The IDF has released new footage that appears to show Israeli armoured units advancing in Gaza, with soldiers seen holding assault rifles.
The video then shows a tank opening fire and buildings burning.
The second piece of footage shows an aerial view of buildings in Gaza, with a number of them being hit by Israeli ordnance in terrifyingly large explosions.
"The IDF continued during the night to expand ground operations in the Gaza Strip," they announced.
"During the night the forces eliminated Hamas terrorists and destroyed terrorist infrastructure and military compounds."
They continued: "In clashes with terrorists in the Gaza Strip, IDF fighters eliminated dozens of terrorists who had barricaded themselves in buildings and tried to attack the forces."
The IDF also claimed to have wiped out a Hamas meeting building, killing over 20 terrorists.
Among the "dozens" of Hamas fighters killed were allegedly four senior operatives.
This included Jamil Baba, the commander of the central naval force and Muhammad Safadi, an-anti tank formation commander.
Fighter jets reportedly dropped devastating 5,000lb bunker-buster bombs to penetrate Hamas boltholes deep underground in the tunnel network dubbed the "Gaza Metro".
"Our activities and operations will continue and escalate according to the stages of the war," IDF spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, said.
It comes as the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry said over 8,300 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's bombardment so far.
On Sunday, Save The Children reported more children had been killed in Gaza in just three weeks than had died annually across the world's conflict zones since 2019.
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