The Israeli Army intensified its bombing and ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, where it is fighting the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas after its attacks this month in Israel, while the UN warned that the situation is "increasingly desperate" in the eclave. Palestinian and "public order" is collapsing due to the limited humanitarian aid that reaches the enclave. "During the night we increased" the number of Army forces destined to enter the Gaza Strip "and they joined those already fighting there," declared General Daniel Hagari. The Israeli aviation, "guided by troops (on the ground), hit (today) Hamas military structures in the north of the Gaza Strip," the Army reported, while ensuring that rockets were fired from the Palestinian territory towards the center. and southern Israel. Two Israeli soldiers were wounded overnight, one of them in fighting with Hamas members, according to the army. On Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the start of a "second stage" of the war against the Islamist movement Hamas in the Palestinian enclave, which will be "long and difficult." The objective of this "second stage of the war" is "clear: destroy the military capabilities and leadership of Hamas and bring the hostages home," he said. On Friday night, tanks, engineers and infantry began operating in the Gaza Strip, in what Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant called "a new phase" in the war against Hamas. "We are gradually increasing ground operations and the extension of our forces in the Gaza Strip," Hagari said this Sunday, the AFP news agency reported. The escalation between Israel and Hamas was triggered by the bloody attack that the Palestinian Islamist movement carried out in Israeli territory on October 7, which left 1,400 dead, mostly civilians.