Israel declared a dangerous combat zone on Friday as the largest city of Gaza and gained the remains of two hostages when the army launched the “initial phase” of the planned offensive, which caused international convicts.
As the army announced the renewal of the fighting, medical officials said that the number of victims in Gaza increased to 63,025, with 59 new deaths in the last 24 hours. Groups of assistance and church hiding people said that they would remain in the city of Gaza and refuse to leave the hungry and displaced who depend on them.
The shift comes weeks after Israel first announced plans for expand his offensive In a city where hundreds of thousands of thousands are cleaning and maintaining famine. In recent days, the army has increased strikes in the neighborhood on the outskirts of the city.
On Friday morning it was possible to see and hear the cords of smoke and stormy explosions.
Israel called Gaza The Hamas Fortress, which claims that the tunnel network remains used by militants after several previous extensive raids in the area within almost 23 months of the war.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that the paralyzing Hamas skills in the city were decisive for the protection of Israel from repeat on October 7, 2023, an attack that ignited the war.
While the UN agencies and assistance groups condemned the announced offensive start, people in Gaza City said it meant few differences: the strikes have already been deepened and the help that achieves them was insufficient.
Muhammad Aboul Snake said it didn’t change.
“Massacres never stopped, even during a humanitarian break,” he said in a text message sent from Gaza City.
Since the beginning of the war, more than 63,000 Palestinians have been killed, Gaza said on Friday. The number of ministry – 63 025 – does not distinguish between warriors and civilians. She also said that in the last 24 hours, five people had died of malnutrition causes and increased tolls to 322 since the beginning of the war, of which 121 were children.
The Ministry is part of the Run’s Hamas government and served by healthcare workers. UN and independent experts consider this to be the most reliable source of war victims. Israel challenges its data, but has not provided its own.
Some refuse to leave as
The city of Gaza’s city begins
Israel faced international criticism and introduced last month what is called “tactical pauses” in the city of Gaza, which was said to be focused on the release of more food and help. The pauses included suspension of fighting from 10:00 to 20:00, although groups of assistance said supplies remained demanding due to blockade, looting and Israeli restrictions.
Fly Friday said the army said it suspended pauses and after weeks of preparatory strikes in some neighborhoods of the city marked the latest escalance after weeks of preparatory strikes and Call tens of thousands of midfielders.
“We will intensify our strikes until we bring back all the kidnapped hostages and dismantle Hamas,” said Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee.
Adraee, a spokesman for the Israeli army, urged the Palestinian in Gaza for days to escape south and call the evacuation “inevitable”.
The UN said on Thursday that 23,000 people have been evacuating in the last week, but many Palestinians in Gaza say they are exhausted after several shifts and departure issues when it is not safe anywhere and any way is expensive.
The Holy Family Church in Gaza City said on Friday that the Associated Press said that about 440 people who hide there will remain together with the members of the clergy to help them.
Farid Jubran said that the Church had left the decision on people, even if they were little to deduce to isolate themselves before the fight.
“When we feel danger, people approach walls or anything, it is more protected,” he said, noting that the Church had little specific defense.
The UN Humanitarian Agency said its employees and non -governmental organizations will also remain on Earth.
Groups help say they have not been announced
When Israel suspended pauses in Gaza on Friday, the army did not say whether they had announced to residents or assistance of groups of an upcoming statement before 11:30.
The Norwegian refugee Council, which coordinates the coalition of auxiliary groups active in Gaza, said it did not receive the announcement that the “tactical pauses” of Israel would be suspended.
The UN said on Thursday a siege strip could lose half of its hospital bed capacity during an extended attack on the city of Gaza.
“We cannot provide medical services 2 million people besieged in the south,” said al-Wahidi, spokesman for the Ministry of Health in Gaza, and noted that the violent evacuation of the largest city was the environmental and health disasters.
The pause suspension also comes one week after the world’s leading food security office has stated that the city of Gaza is clipped After months of warning.
Hostage residues renewed
Israel said on Friday that her army had won the remains of two hostages – Ilan Weiss and others remained unnamed.
“The campaign to return the hostage continues. We will not rest or remain silent until we return all our hostages home – both living and dead,” Netanyahu said in his statement.
Weiss, 55, was killed in an attack on Kibbutz Be’eri, one of the communities near Gaza, which on October 7 attacked militants led by Hamas.
For the hostage families, the return of their remains encounters central demand and brings some closure, but also a reminder of the hostages who remain in Gaza.
“At least they are closed,” said Rubi Chen, whose son was kidnapped during the attack on October 7 and believe it is dead. “There are still 49 families waiting for this closure.”
Of the 251 hostages, which were purchased by Hamas-Militants, almost 50 remains in Gaza, of which 20, which Israel believes is alive.
Israeli hostages and missing families forum, organized by extensive protests that demanded a ceasefire to return the hostages, mourned in losses and stated that Israeli leaders should prefer an agreement to return both the living and the dead.
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