Israeli military says expanding ground offensive in Gaza

JERUSALEM, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Saturday that it has expanded the offensive against Hamas in the Palestinian coastal enclave of Gaza Strip.

The IDF said that the attacks were carried out in the Zeitoun district in southern Gaza City and the city of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip to hit Hamas and its infrastructures.

It claimed that a Hamas brigade command and c