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Israel Escalates Its Military Offensive in Gaza City
GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE, AUG 11 – Netanyahu ordered an accelerated offensive targeting Hamas militants in Gaza City amid ongoing hostilities that have killed over 61,000 Palestinians, officials said.
- On Monday, Palestinians reported the heaviest bombardments in weeks east of Gaza City after Netanyahu said he expected to complete a new expanded offensive 'fairly quickly' and instructed the Israeli military to speed up plans.
- On Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the new offensive would target Gaza City, describing it as Hamas' "capital of terrorism" and indicating central Gaza's coastal area may be next.
- Following the night strikes, families were pushed westwards from Sabra, Zeitoun and Shejaia, said Amr Salah, 25, 'It sounded like the war was restarting.'
- On Monday, an airstrike at Al Shifa Hospital killed six journalists including Anas Al Sharif, the deadliest attack on media so far, says the Committee to Protect Journalists.
- Humanitarian officials warn Gaza City shelters about 1 million people after northern displacement, amid a crisis with over 61,000 Palestinians killed, according to Gaza health officials.
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Amid the horrors in the Palestinian enclave, all international structures have irreversibly failed.
Since Israel decided to take control of Gaza City, Israeli airstrikes against the city of millions have become increasingly intense, according to the Civil Defense in Hamas-ruled Gaza.
With more than 760,000 inhabitants before war according to official Palestinian figures, the city of Gaza is the most populated in the Palestinian territories In a particularly dense urban landscape
IDF ramps up Gaza City strikes as officials say five died of hunger in past day
The heavy bombing comes amid the killing of Al Jazeera journalists, which the director of Al-Shifa hospital said shows that the IDF is 'planning something big' in Gaza City. Meanwhile, a Palestinian businessman and reported Trump mediator says negotiations with Hamas for a deal might be renewed soon
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