Footage released through official channels with the Israeli Defense Force shows on-going ground operations being recorded inside of Gaza. Scenes include infantry troops posting security, and armored columns maneuvering towards Gaza. There are also a few scenes of rocket detonations occurring as well.

This is par for the course for official military releases from government sources. We see this same style of release in general footage released by military combat correspondents with the United States Military through our own official release channels during times of war as well. I suspect that more dramatic scenes coming from the Israeli perspective will be released over time as the footage is cleared by their Public Affairs Officers.

For the Palestinian part, we saw limited cell phone reception being turned back on inside of Gaza late last night, and as a result partial internet connectivity with it. This has enabled some Hamas fighters and civilians still in the region to start uploading their perspective of the fighting as well, however much of those releases have been heavily skewed and obscured, and with them a flood of old combat footage recorded in places like Syria have started to once again flood the internet as well.

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