Israeli ground forces fought deadly battles with Hamas militants inside Gaza on Monday and sent tanks to the outskirts of the biggest city while air strikes kept raining down on the besieged Palestinian territory.
The intensifying military campaign since the October 7 Hamas attacks has sharply heightened fears for the 2.4 million civilians trapped inside Gaza, where the Hamas-controlled health ministry says more than 8,300 have died.
In heavy clashes overnight, the Israeli army said it had killed dozens of militants hiding"inside buildings and tunnels", and a fighter jet struck a building"with over 20 Hamas terrorist operatives inside". Hamas also released a video of what it said were three women hostages, seated against a tile wall, although the time and place of the recording could not be verified.
Israel's foreign ministry confirmed the death of one of those missing -- German-Israeli Shani Louk, 23, who was captured by Hamas fighters when they stormed a music festival in the Israeli desert. According to the UN, all 10 hospitals in northern Gaza have received evacuation orders -- despite sheltering thousands of patients and about 117,000 of the displaced.
Mohamed al-Talmas, who has taken shelter in Gaza's biggest hospital Al-Shifa, said"the ground shook" there with intense Israeli raids.UN chief Antonio Guterres has warned the situation in Gaza is getting"more desperate by the hour" and warned against the"collective punishment" of Palestinians. Washington has warned Israel's enemies -- in particular Iran-allied"axis of resistance" groups -- not to become more fully involved after a series of attacks across the Middle East.
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