Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says troops advanced deeper into the Gaza Strip's main city as they continue their assault on Hamas, who fired from underground tunnels.
Israeli forces pushed deeper into Gaza City - the Gaza Strip's main city - in their assault on Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday, but the militant group resisted their drive with hit-and-run attacks from underground tunnels. The city in the north of the Gaza Strip has become the focus of attack for Israel, which has vowed to annihilate the Palestinian group's command structure and has told civilians to flee to the south.
Israel says it has lost 18 soldiers and killed dozens of militants since ground operations were expanded on Friday. The Rafah crossing from Gaza to Egypt was opened for limited evacuations for a second day under a Qatari-brokered deal between Israel, Egypt, Hamas and the United States, aimed at letting some foreign passport holders and their dependents, and some wounded Gazans, out of the enclave.
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