Israel said it was tightening the 'stranglehold' around Hamas in Gaza City as the military operation on Wednesday aimed at smashing the Palestinian militants gathered pace despite ceasefire calls.
Israel said it was tightening the"stranglehold" around Hamas in Gaza City as the military operation on Wednesday aimed at smashing the Palestinian militants gathered pace despite ceasefire calls.
" are tightening the stranglehold around the city of Gaza," Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said late Tuesday. G7 foreign ministers said that they supported"humanitarian pauses and corridors" in the Israel-Hamas war but stopped short of calling for a ceasefire.As fighting intensifies in Gaza, families of Israelis taken hostage by Hamas have been pushing on various fronts for help to bring their loved ones home.
The operation is hugely complicated for Israel because of the hostages, including very young children and frail elderly people, who are believed to be held inside a vast tunnel network. OCHA says Israel has ordered all 13 hospitals still operational in northern Gaza to evacuate patients.Netanyahu has said Israel will assume"overall security" in Gaza after the war ends, while Ron Dermer, Israel's minister of strategic affairs, said the prime minister was not referring to any future reoccupation of the territory.
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