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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday that Israel is seizing territory in the Gaza Strip hours after his government laid out plans to take over large parts of the enclave.
From The New York Times
Israeli forces will seize “large areas” of Gaza and turn them into buffer zones, Israel’s defence minister said on Wednesday, as the military expanded its renewed offensive in the Palestinian enclave.
From The Financial Times
The operation would “seize large areas that will be incorporated into Israeli security zones”, he said, without explaining how much territory Israel would take.
From Yahoo
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the pressure on Gaza would increase until the remaining hostages were returned to Israel. “The more they do not give (back the hostages), the more the pressure will increase until they do,” vowed the Israeli Prime Minster in a video statement released on Wednesday.
Hamas is ready to release all remaining 59 hostages in Gaza in exchange for a permanent cease-fire with Israel, Palestinian officials said.
Ongoing Israeli bombing in Gaza is jeopardizing the lives of the hostages still held by Hamas, freed captives say. They're among those calling for an end to the fighting.
A fresh wave of Israeli strikes overnight has left more than 50 people dead across the Gaza Strip, hospital officials said.
America’s youngest adults continue to be an outlier in their views of Hamas and Israel, according to a poll released on Monday.
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U.S. Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock shift votes on Israel military aid. The Georgia Democrats opposed a new measure that would have blocked $8.8 billion in arms sales.
Hamas spokesperson Abdel-Latif Al-Qanoua is the latest group figure to be killed since Israel resumed its operations in the enclave.
In pressing forward with its assault on the territory, Israel hopes to squeeze Hamas into releasing the remaining hostages. But other objectives have emerged.