Israeli troops pushed deeper into Gaza Tuesday, driving tanks and armoured bulldozers through the rubble of shattered buildings and hunting for Hamas militants who carried out the worst attack in Israel's history.
Army footage showed soldiers, who are also seeking to free at least 240 hostages, advancing through a devastated landscape, with buildings reduced to a mangled mess of stone and twisted metal by weeks of relentless Israeli bombing.
Netanyahu said pausing operations now would be a"surrender" to the Palestinian militant group responsible for brutal raids on Israeli homes, farms and villages that killed an estimated 1,400 people and saw at least 240 hostages taken according to the latest count given by Israeli officials. "I rushed to the emergency room and found my father there. He had a head wound. I knew immediately that he was dead," he said.Israel has accused Hamas of using hospitals as military headquarters and civilians as"human shields", charges the militants dismiss as"baseless" propaganda.
Her remains were found on Monday, with her sister Adi voicing her"great sorrow" as she shared news of her death on social media. Hisham Adwan, Gaza director of the Rafah crossing with Egypt where some aid has been allowed in, said 36 trucks had been waiting there since the previous day.
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