Several tanks and armoured vehicles are stationed near the border fence that separates the Gaza city from Israel, witnessed a NDTV crew while reporting from the battlefront this morning. These include Namer Infantry Fighting Vehicles, the most heavily armoured infantry fighting vehicles in the world that are armed with a heavy machine gun, and Merkava IV tanks equipped with defence system that can destroy incoming anti-tank missiles. The massive deployment comes as Israeli forces indicated the presence of Palestinian Hamas group's hideouts in underground tunnels and in buildings housing civilians in Gaza City.
