(CNN) – Israeli forces are now operating inside Gaza City, according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who also said they had killed “thousands of terrorists, from above and below the ground.”
Israel is under growing international pressure to consider a humanitarian truce in its campaign against Hamas in Gaza, but the Israeli army insists there will be no ceasefire and is ready to strike the militant group “wherever necessary”, including civil infrastructures.
Meanwhile, dozens of civilians were evacuated in the southern part of the Strip within the four-hour deadline allotted by the Israeli army, and video showed that some people carried white flags, indicating their hope of gaining safe passage.
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– Israeli movementsThe Israeli military said it “attacked more than 14,000 terrorist targets” last month, eliminating many Hamas fighters and destroying key infrastructure and weapons. Eyewitnesses described the sound of several explosions resulting from Israeli airstrikes in the central and southern Gaza Strip.
– health careA spokesperson for the World Health Organization said some doctors in Gaza perform surgeries, including amputations, without anesthesia. They added: “Nothing justifies the horror civilians are experiencing.” For its part, the International Committee of the Red Cross said its humanitarian convoy came under fire while transporting essential medical supplies to health facilities in Gaza City.
– Establish boundariesAn Egyptian official said a total of 637 foreign citizens were evacuated from Gaza to Egypt through the Rafah border crossing on Tuesday, the highest number on a daily basis since evacuations began last week. The official added that 15 injured Palestinians arrived. to Egypt to receive treatment through the crossing.
– Death toll in GazaThe Palestinian Health Ministry in Ramallah said in a report on Tuesday that more than 70% of the 10,305 people killed in Gaza since October 7 were children, women and the elderly, and UNICEF spokesman James Elder defended the accuracy of the death toll. victims. outside Gaza, saying the organization’s numbers closely match those of the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health in the Strip.
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