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The IDF (military) struck terrorists in a Hamas terrorist infrastructure site that previously had served as a hospital in the central Gaza Strip,
a military spokesperson told AFP in response to a question about the Turkish accusations
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I ordered (the army) to seize more territory in Gaza... The more Hamas refuses to free the hostages, the more territory it will lose, which will be annexed by Israel,
Katz said in a statement
We strongly condemn the destruction by Israel of the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital,
its foreign ministry saidHamas bears full responsibility for the ongoing war in Gaza and for the resumption of hostilities. Every death would have been avoided had Hamas accepted the bridge proposal that the United States offered last Wednesday,
acting U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Dorothy Shea told the 15-member council
We will intensify the fighting with strikes from the air, sea and land and by expanding the ground maneuver until the hostages are released and Hamas is defeated,
Katz wrote
We're very, very worried that our country is becoming a dictatorship,
Rinat Hadashi, 59, told Reuters in Jerusalem on Thursday
Ronen Bar will conclude his duties on 10 April 2025 or when a permanent ISA Director is appointed – whichever comes first,
Mr Netanyahu’s office saidHamas has already felt the strength of our arm in the past 24 hours. And I want to promise you – and them – this is only the beginning,
the Israeli prime minister said in a video statement
We can stretch that by giving people less, but we are talking days, not weeks,
Unrwa official Sam Rose told reporters in Geneva in an online briefing from central Gaza, reports ReutersThreats by the Israeli government to annex parts of Gaza would violate the rights of Palestinians and breach international law
Calum Miller, the Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs spokesman, told MailOnline
It wants to seize territory and potentially never return it.
He told Al JazeeraDue to the recent suspension of humanitarian aid into Gaza, stocks of medical supplies have dropped significantly and on top of this, hospital staff are struggling to manage the sharp increase of casualties.
In a statement, they saidThe president made it very clear to Hamas that if they did not release all of the hostages there would be all hell to pay,
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday
I have instructed the IDF to seize additional areas in Gaza, while evacuating the population, and to expand the security zones around Gaza for the protection of Israeli communities and IDF soldiers,
Katz said in a statementThe more Hamas continues its refusal, the more territory it will lose to Israel,
Katz added
Hamas could have released hostages to extend the ceasefire but instead chose war,
NSC Spokesman James Hewitt said on Thursday
If the hostages are not released, Israel will continue to take more and more territory in the strip for permanent control,
Katz statedAs part of the activity, the troops dismantled... terrorist infrastructure,
the military said in a statementWe’re acting positively with any proposal that leads to the start of negotiations” over a permanent truce
he added
The problem isn’t the numbers,
Mr. Badran told The New York Times