The release of 21-year-old Israeli-American Edan Alexander, who had been in Hamas captivity since their October 2023 attack on Israel, offered a brief pause in the fighting on Monday.
Gaza’s civil defence agency said at least 28 people were killed in Israeli strikes Tuesday around the European hospital in Khan Yunis. The Israeli military said it hit a Hamas “command and control centre”.
“Everyone inside the hospital -- patients and wounded alike -- was running in fear, some on crutches, others screaming for their children, while others were being dragged on beds,“ Amro Tabash, a local photojournalist, told AFP.
Gaza’s health ministry said that strike killed two people. One of the dead was journalist Hassan Aslih, the civil defence said.
“In the very coming days, we are going in with full force to complete the operation,“ Netanyahu was quoted as saying in a statement released on Tuesday.
“Completing the operation means defeating Hamas. It means destroying Hamas,“ Netanyahu had said in the remarks made late Monday.
The Israeli warnings came amid new condemnation of its war tactics.
“Will you act -- decisively -- to prevent genocide and to ensure respect for international humanitarian law?” he said to UN ambassadors in New York.
Late Tuesday, the Israeli military urged civilians in several parts of northern Gaza to evacuate after it intercepted “two projectiles” fired from the territory.
Israel resumed major operations across Gaza on March 18 amid a deadlock over how to proceed with a January 19 ceasefire.
Israel says that its renewed bombardments are aimed at forcing Hamas to free hostages.
This has been rejected by Hamas which has revealed it was engaged in direct talks with Washington on a ceasefire in Gaza.
‘Over 50 percent will leave’
Netanyahu said late Monday that Israel was working to find countries willing to take in Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.
“We’ve set up an administration that will allow them (Gaza residents) to leave but... we need countries willing to take them in. That’s what we’re working on right now.” Netanyahu estimated that “over 50 percent will leave” if given the option.
Militants also abducted 251 people, of whom 57 are still being held in Gaza, including 34 declared dead by the Israeli army.
The Israeli offensive in retaliation for the attack has killed at least 52,908 people in Gaza, mostly civilians, according to data from the Hamas-run health ministry, which is considered reliable by the UN.
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