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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel said Wednesday that it planned to prehend ample areas of the Gaza Strip and adhd them to its “security zones” arsenic it launched a activity of strikes that killed much than 40 people, including respective women and children, according to Palestinian wellness officials.
Israel has vowed to escalate nan astir 18-month warfare pinch Hamas until the militant group returns dozens of remaining hostages, disarms and leaves nan territory. Israel ended a ceasefire successful March and has imposed a monthlong halt to each imports of food, substance and humanitarian aid.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said successful a connection that nan violative is now aimed astatine “seizing ample areas that will beryllium added to nan information zones,” without elaborating. Israel controls a buffer area on Gaza’s full separator and precocious ordered the afloat evacuation of nan confederate metropolis of Rafah.
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In bluish Gaza, an Israeli airstrike deed a U.N. building successful nan built-up Jabaliya exile camp, sidesplitting 15 people, including 9 children and 2 women, according to nan Indonesian Hospital. The Israeli subject said it struck Hamas militants successful a bid and power center.
The building, antecedently a clinic, had been converted into a shelter for displaced people, pinch much than 700 domiciled there, according to Juliette Touma, a spokesperson for nan U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, nan main assistance supplier successful Gaza. No U.N. unit were wounded successful nan strike.
She said U.N. unit warned group astir nan dangers of remaining location aft Wednesday’s onslaught but that galore chose to stay, “simply because they person perfectly obscurity other to go.”
U.N. says astir of Gaza is simply a ‘no-go’ zone
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More than 60% of Gaza is now considered a “no-go” area because of Israeli removal orders, according to Olga Cherevko, a spokesperson for nan U.N. humanitarian assistance office. Hundreds of thousands group are surviving successful squalid shelter camps on nan seashore aliases successful nan ruins of their destroyed homes.
Katz, nan defense minister, called connected Gaza residents to “expel Hamas and return each nan hostages,” saying “this is nan only measurement to extremity nan war.”
On Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel plans to support wide information power of Gaza aft nan warfare and instrumentality President Donald Trump’s proposal to resettle overmuch of its organization elsewhere done what nan Israeli leader referred to arsenic “voluntary emigration.”
Palestinians person rejected nan plan, viewing it arsenic expulsion from their homeland aft Israel’s violative near overmuch of it uninhabitable, and quality authorities experts opportunity implementing nan scheme would apt break world law.
Hamas has said it will only merchandise nan remaining 59 hostages — 24 of whom are believed to beryllium live — successful speech for nan merchandise of much Palestinian prisoners, a lasting ceasefire and an Israeli pullout. The group has rejected demands that it laic down its arms aliases time off nan territory.
Concern complete hostages
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The determination to resume nan warfare has fueled protests successful Israel, wherever galore fearfulness it has put nan hostages astatine sedate consequence and are calling for different ceasefire and speech pinch Hamas.
The Hostage Families Forum, which represents astir captives’ families, said they were “horrified to aftermath up this greeting to nan Defense Minister’s announcement astir expanding subject operations successful Gaza.”
The group called connected nan Trump administration, which took in installments for brokering nan ceasefire but has supported Israel’s determination to extremity it, to do everything imaginable to free nan remaining captives.
“Our highest privilege must beryllium an contiguous woody to bring ALL hostages backmost location — nan surviving for rehabilitation and those killed for due funeral — and extremity this war,” nan group said.
Strikes termination dozens
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In summation to nan 15 killed successful bluish Gaza, Israeli airstrikes overnight into Wednesday killed different 28 group crossed nan territory, according to section hospitals. The Nasser Hospital successful nan confederate metropolis of Khan Younis said nan dormant included 5 women, 1 of them pregnant, and 2 children.
Israel says it targets only militants and makes each effort to spare civilians, blaming Hamas for their deaths because nan militants run successful densely populated areas.
The warfare began erstwhile Hamas-led militants attacked confederate Israel connected Oct. 7, 2023, sidesplitting astir 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking 251 hostages, astir of whom person since been released successful ceasefire agreements and different deals. Israel rescued 8 surviving hostages and has recovered dozens of bodies.
Israel’s violative has killed much than 50,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which doesn’t opportunity whether those killed are civilians aliases combatants. Israel says it has killed astir 20,000 militants, without providing evidence.
The warfare has near vast areas of Gaza successful ruins and astatine its tallness displaced astir 90% of nan population.
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Wafaa Shurafa reported from Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip. Elena Becatoros successful Athens, Greece, Bassem Mroue successful Beirut, and Sam Mednick successful Tel Aviv, Israel, contributed to this report.
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