Defiant Hamas says Netanyahu ‘will not achieve military victory’
Smoke rises from an explosion in Gaza as Israeli escalates its assault on the Palestinian enclave. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesThe Israeli military said on Saturday it had entered northern Gaza overnight and expanded military operations with infantry and armoured corps in the besieged Palestinian enclave as it steps up its assault on the Hamas militant group.
The Israeli army claims it hit 150"underground targets" in the north of the blockaded Gaza Strip during the night, as it expanded operations in the territory. Explosions caused by Israeli air strikes light up the sky above the northern Gaza Strip. Photograph: Abed Khaled/AP “Netanyahu and his defeated army will not be able to achieve any military victory,” Hamas said in a statement early on Saturday, referring to the Israeli prime minister,
Israeli soldiers prepare for the scenario of ground manoeuvres at an undisclosed location near the border with Gaza, in Israel, on Saturday. Photograph: Hannibal Hanschke/ShutterstockIsrael’s military accused Hamas on Friday of using the hospital as a shield for its tunnels and operational centres, an allegation the group denied.“The blackout is also making it impossible for ambulances to reach the injured,” he said on X, formerly Twitter.
He said that if getting more than 200 hostages abducted by Hamas out of Gaza required a localised temporary pause, the US supported that. Medecins Sans Frontieres said it had been unable to reach some Palestinian colleagues and that it was particularly worried for “patients, medical staff and thousands of families taking shelter at Al Shifa hospital and other health facilities”.
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