Israeli forces training for a bloody assault on Gaza hone their urban fighting skills

It emerged yesterday that Israeli forces steeling themselves for an assault on Gaza have built a replica village to hone their urban fighting skills.

Commanders ordered scores of mock dwellings to be erected near the Hamas stronghold and work was completed in five days.

The Sun was today granted exclusive access to a live-firing exercise.

Myself and photographer Doug Seeburg were escorted to the site where scores of wooden buildings teemed with troops blazing away with hi-tech Tavor assault rifles.

This training comes as two more Hamas hostages were released earlier tonight — as hopes rose that as many as 50 could join them.

Nurit Yitzhak, 79, and Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, were set free for “humanitarian and poor health grounds”, in response to a Qatari-Egyptian mediation, according to a spokesman.

Meanwhile, captives with dual citizenship were said to have been earmarked for release after Qatar was said to have brokered another deal.

They could include some of seven Britons believed to be held.

Israel has held off its ground offensive as talks continued after the release of an American-Israeli mother and daughter last Friday.

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