Israel pounded Hamas-ruled Gaza on Sunday in an escalating air and ground campaign as the UN warned civil order was 'starting to break down' in the besieged Palestinian territory.
Israel pounded Hamas-ruled Gaza on Sunday in an escalating air and ground campaign as the UN warned civil order was"starting to break down" in the besieged Palestinian territory.
The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says the unrelenting retaliatory Israeli bombardment has killed more than 8,000 people, mainly civilians and half of them children.On Sunday the military said it had struck another 450 Hamas targets within the past 24 hours, and that it was increasing its ground forces in Gaza.
Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, voiced shock at the"intolerable level of human suffering" in Gaza and urged all sides to de-escalate.- 'All areas are dangerous' - Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari reiterated that Palestinian civilians should go south"to a safer area where they can receive water, food and medicine".
"We demanded that no action be taken that endangers the fate of our family members, and any step considered should take into account the safety of our loved ones," said Meirav Leshem Gonen, the mother of hostage Romi Gonen.
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