About 19,000 Palestinians have been killed, according to Gaza health officials.
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Israeli forces have taken more than 1,000 hostages during the war against Hamas in Gaza, an Israeli military official said on Sunday. The IDF chief said that when soldiers “lay down their weapons, raise their hands, we arrest them, we don’t shoot them.”
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The Israeli military said on Sunday it had found a major way for Hamas as it continued to attack Gaza despite increasing international calls for a ceasefire and pleas from the Brotherhood to bring the survivors home.
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The largest Hamas tunnel to date was found near the Erez border – large enough for small vehicles to use, an AFP photographer said. Israel said the tunnel cost millions of dollars and took years to build, with rail, electricity, water and communication networks.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, “We will fight to the end. We will achieve all our goals “– to get rid of Hamas, free all hostages and ensure that Gaza will no longer be a “terrorist zone.”
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Two Egyptian security sources told Reuters on Sunday that both Israel and Hamas are ready to resume the ceasefire and release, although disagreements remain over how to implement it.
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Israel opened the entrance to Gaza for the first time in its more than two-month war against Hamas on Sunday and stepped up threats to the Palestinian territory, saying military pressure was the only way to free its hostages.
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An Israeli strike on the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza killed 90 Palestinians on Sunday, a spokesman for the Gaza health ministry told Reuters. There was no immediate Israeli response. Another rocket attack on the Shehab family home killed 24 people, Hamas’ Aqsa radio station said.
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The accidental killing of three of the prisoners captured on Friday by the Israeli army has increased the pressure on Prime Minister Netanyahu to protect others, but Hamas has said it will not discuss any exchange “unless the violence against our people stops once and for all.”.
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The Syrian Ministry of Defense said in a statement published by Syrian media in Damascus, Syria. The British war monitor said Israeli warplanes hit Syrian defenses “anti-aircraft government and (Lebanon’s Iran-backed) Hezbollah positions near Sayyida Zeinab” district south of the capital.
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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan asked his US counterpart Antony Blinken to call on Sunday for Washington to use its influence on Israel to stop Israeli attacks on Gaza and the West Bank, the Turkish embassy told Reuters.
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About 19,000 Palestinians have been killed, according to Gaza health officials, since Oct. 7 when Hamas operatives killed 1,200 people, according to Israeli officials, and arrested 240 people who were caught by surprise.
