Israel said it had struck 300 targets in the fourth night of land operations in Gaza, coming under Hamas anti-tank and machine-gun fire
A girl looks on as she stands by the rubble outside a building that was hit by Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 31, 2023 amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. Photo: Mohammed Abed/ AFP
Images taken by AFP reporters in Gaza showed Palestinians combing the rubble in a desperate search for survivors, and praying over the bodies over those killed, wrapped in white shrouds.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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