Ready To Go In: Ground Invasion Looms As Israeli Tanks Line Up On Gaza Border While Aerial Bombardments Continue After

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Israeli armoured vehicles gathered at an undisclosed location near the border with Gaza, in Israel on Friday 

Columns of Israeli tanks massed on the Israel-Gaza border and thousands of soldiers readied themselves for battle today as an invasion of the war-torn enclave appears imminent. 

Tens of thousands of Israeli soldiers and scores of tanks and armoured vehicles are now positioned on the border - ready for a ground assault on the Gaza Strip where 203 hostages are being held captive by Hamas terrorists. 

The massing of artillery and men at the border comes after heavy machine gunfire was heard along the border in the early hours of this morning.

And today, Israel continued to pound Gaza with a relentless stream of airstrikes and it began evacuating a northern Israeli city near the Lebanese border in yet another sign of an impending ground invasion that could trigger turmoil across the Middle East.

The two million Palestinians trapped in the small enclave, where thousands have been killed and entire towns obliterated, are now bracing themselves for the invasion that is expected to result in further major casualties. 

Yoav Gallant, the Israeli defense minister, on Thursday visited troops positioned along the Gaza border, and told them that they would soon see the Palestinian enclave 'from inside'.

An infantry commander in the IDF told DailyMail.com on Thursday that they were ready to invade, adding there was 'a very high level of optimism' among his troops.

Israel's leaders are determined to rid Gaza of its Hamas rulers, even if that means going house-to-house in an operation that could last 'years' and result in further major casualties among Palestinians. 



Israeli tanks gathered at an undisclosed location near the border with Gaza, in Israel, on Friday 



Israeli troops are seen patrolling near the border with Gaza on Thursday, ahead of the invasion



Israeli soldiers listen to Israel's Defence Minister Yoav Gallant as he meets them in a field near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel on Thursday



Israeli soldiers prepare for the scenario of ground manoeuvres at an undisclosed location near the border with Gaza, in Israel, on Friday 



A picture taken from the southern Israeli city of Sderot on Friday shows smoke ascending over the northern Gaza Strip following an Israeli strike



Rescue workers move debris at the site of Israeli strikes on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Friday 



A view of the site of Israeli strikes on a house in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip on Friday















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