Mass Casualties Reported as Israel Launches Gaza City Offensive
Israel has launched a full-scale ground offensive into Gaza City, in what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has framed as a decisive step to eliminate Hamas. The campaign, which began on Monday with heavy airstrikes followed by the entry of Israeli tanks and infantry, marks a sharp escalation in a war that has already stretched for nearly two years and devastated the enclave.
According to the Gaza Health Ministry, run by Hamas, almost 65,000 Palestinians, predominantly women and children, have been killed since Israel’s military response to the October 7 attack....