More than 1 million Palestinians faced a deadline on Saturday to flee south as Israeli troops mounted raids to gather information on the location of hostages, the first official account of ground troops in Gaza since the crisis began.
UN estimates tens of thousands already fled south, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had only just begun to retaliate for last week’s Hamas rampage across southern Israel.
“We are striking our enemies with unprecedented might,” Netanyahu said in a rare statement televised on Friday after the Jewish Sabbath began. “I emphasise that this is only the beginning.” Biden, in a speech at a Philadelphia shipping terminal, said addressing the humanitarian crisis was a top priority.
UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said it was impossible for Gazans to heed Israel’s order to move south without “devastating humanitarian consequences”, prompting a rebuke from Israel that the UN should condemn Hamas and support Israel’s right to self-defence. Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, right, and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in Doha, Qatar on Friday.In the West Bank, demonstrators supporting Gaza fought gun battles with Israeli security forces. Palestinian officials said 16 people were shot dead.
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