Israel warned on Thursday it will unleash an even wider offensive in Gaza unless Hamas frees its remaining hostages, a threat issued as Israeli airstrikes killed at least 55 people across the enclave, according to local medics.
Israel’s military warned on Thursday that it will launch a broader, more intense campaign in Gaza unless Hamas releases the remaining hostages, as airstrikes killed at least 55 people, according to local rescue workers.
Visiting Israeli forces in the enclave, IDF Chief of Staff Lt-Gen. Eyal Zamir said Israel would keep ratcheting up military pressure and tighten control over Hamas if the captives are not freed soon.
Israel restarted its offensive on March 18 after a two-month ceasefire collapsed. On Thursday, Gaza medics reported an airstrike on a residential building in Gaza City that killed 11 people, including a child, and another strike on a police station in Jabalia that left nine dead.
Gaza’s health ministry says 1,978 Palestinians have been killed since operations resumed, bringing the death toll in the territory to 51,355 since the war erupted.
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