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		</div><p>Iraqi special forces say they have entered more urban neighbourhoods of Mosul from its easternmost district in its latest push to drive Islamic State fighters from the city.</p>
<p>Lt Col Muhanad al-Timimi said the advance began with artillery and mortar strikes on the Aden, Tahrir, and Quds area, just west of special forces footholds in the Gogjali and Karama neighborhoods.</p>
<p>IS is fighting to hold Iraq&#8217;s second city as Iraqi forces and allied Kurdish troops advance with US-led coalition support.</p>
<p>On Tuesday, Iraqi troops entered the city limits for the first time in more than two years, gearing up for urban warfare expected to take weeks, if not months.</p>
<p>More than one million civilians are stuck in the city, complicating the military&#8217;s efforts to advance without harming innocents.</p>
<p>IS militants have driven thousands of them deeper into the city&#8217;s built-up areas, presumably for use as human shields, while hundreds others have fled in the past days toward government-controlled territory despite the uncertainty of resettlement in displacement camps.</p>
<p>Mosul is the last major IS stronghold in Iraq and driving the militant group from the city would be a major blow to the survival of its self-declared &#8220;caliphate&#8221; that stretches into Syria.</p>
<p>IS seized Mosul and other territory in 2014, routing the much larger Iraqi military which had been neglected and demoralised by corruption.</p>
<p>IS militants defending the city hit an Abrams tank with a rocket, disabling the vehicle and sending the crew fleeing, but seemingly unharmed.</p>
<p>As smoke rose over the city, an IS bulldozer and another car were seen on the move across the battlefield &#8211; presumably packed with explosives and preparing for suicide attacks.</p>
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