Israel launches new ground operations in Gaza as airstrikes kill at least 103 people

Israel launched caller crushed operations successful the Gaza Strip portion airstrikes successful an offensive that began earlier this period killed astatine slightest 103 people, including dozens of children, overnight and into Sunday, hospitals and medics said. The strikes forced bluish Gaza's main infirmary to close.

Israel began the ground offensive — the largest since it shattered a ceasefire in March — connected Saturday. The wide operation, called Gideon's Chariot, was announced by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this period successful a video connected X, successful which helium said the "population [of Gaza] volition beryllium moved, for its ain protection."

On Sunday, the Israel Defence Forces posted connected X that its troops had "begun extended crushed operations passim bluish and confederate Gaza" arsenic portion of Gideon's Chariot.

Israel is pressuring Hamas to hold to a impermanent ceasefire, 1 that would escaped hostages from Gaza but wouldn't needfully extremity the war. Hamas says it wants a afloat withdrawal of Israeli forces and a way to ending the warfare arsenic portion of immoderate deal.

"When the Jews privation a truce, Hamas refuses, and erstwhile Hamas wants a truce, the Jews garbage it," said Jabaliya nonmigratory Abu Mohammad Yassin, who was among those fleeing the caller violative connected ft oregon successful donkey carts.

"For God's sake, person mercy connected us. We are bushed of displacement."

Israel's military, which precocious called up tens of thousands of reservists, said the crushed operations are passim the northbound and southbound of the Palestinian territory. It wasn't instantly wide whether immoderate areas were designated arsenic safe. 

In a statement, the IDF said it had "launched extended attacks and mobilized forces to prehend strategical areas successful the Gaza Strip, arsenic portion of the opening moves of Operation Gideon's Chariot and the enlargement of the run successful Gaza, to execute each the goals of the warfare successful Gaza, including the merchandise of the hostages and the decision of Hamas."

Before the crushed cognition was announced, airstrikes overnight and into Sunday killed much than 48 radical — including 18 children and 13 women — successful and astir the confederate metropolis of Khan Younis, according to Nasser Hospital, which said it struggled to number the dormant due to the fact that of the information of bodies.

In bluish Gaza, a onslaught connected a location successful Jabaliya killed 9 members of a family, according to the Gaza Health Ministry's exigency services. Another onslaught connected a residence determination killed 10, including 7 children and a woman, according to the civilian defence, which operates nether the Hamas-run government.

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Israel's subject had nary contiguous remark connected the civilian deaths. Its connection Sunday announcing the crushed operations said preliminary strikes implicit the past week killed dozens of militants and struck much than 670 targets. Israel blames civilian casualties connected Hamas due to the fact that the militant radical operates from civilian areas.

Shortly afterward, Israel's subject said that it intercepted a projectile from cardinal Gaza and different fell successful an unfastened area, with nary injuries reported.

Talks successful Qatar

Israel had said it would hold until the extremity of U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to the Middle East before launching its offensive, saying it was giving a accidental for efforts astatine a caller deal. Trump didn't sojourn Israel connected his trip, which ended Friday.

Netanyahu's bureau said his negotiating squad successful Qatar was "working to recognize each accidental for a deal," including 1 that would bring an extremity to warring successful speech for the merchandise of each remaining 58 hostages, the exile of Hamas from Gaza and the disarmament of the Palestinian territory.

Hamas has refused to permission Gaza oregon disarm.

Israel ended the erstwhile eight-week ceasefire successful March. Gaza's Health Ministry has said astir 3,000 radical person been killed since then.

Days earlier resuming the war, Israel chopped disconnected each food, medicine and different supplies to Gaza. That blockade is present successful its 3rd month, with planetary nutrient information experts warning of famine across the territory of much than 2 cardinal people.

Frustration successful Israel has been rising. A tiny but increasing fig of Israelis are refusing to amusement up for subject service, adjacent risking imprisonment. Other Israelis person been displaying photos of children killed successful Gaza during play rallies demanding a woody to escaped each hostages and extremity the war.

The warfare successful Gaza began connected Oct. 7, 2023, erstwhile Hamas-led militants attacked confederate Israel, sidesplitting 1,200 radical and abducting 251 others, according to Israeli tallies. Israel's retaliatory violative has killed much than 53,000 Palestinians, galore of them women and children, according to Gaza's Health Ministry, which doesn't differentiate betwixt civilians and combatants successful its count.

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Hospital cites Israeli 'siege'

Health officials said warring astir the Indonesian Hospital successful bluish Gaza and an Israeli subject "siege" prompted it to unopen down. It was the main aesculapian installation successful the northbound aft Israeli strikes past twelvemonth forced the Kamal Adwan and Beit Hanoun hospitals to halt offering services.

Israel's subject said troops were "operating against panic infrastructure sites successful bluish Gaza," including successful the country adjacent to the Indonesian Hospital, without providing details.

Israel has repeatedly targeted hospitals, accusing Hamas of being progressive successful and astir the facilities. Human rights groups and U.N.-backed experts person accused Israel of systematically destroying Gaza's health-care system.

In bluish Gaza, astatine slightest 43 radical were killed successful strikes, according to archetypal responders from the Health Ministry and civilian defence. Gaza City's Shifa Hospital said 15 children and 12 women were among the dead.

In cardinal Gaza, strikes killed astatine slightest 12 people, hospitals said. One successful Zweida municipality killed 7 people, including 2 children and 4 women, according to al-Aqsa Martyrs infirmary successful Deir al-Balah. Another deed an flat successful Deir al-Balah, sidesplitting parents and their child, the infirmary said.

In Gaza City, Um Mahmoud al-Aloul laic crossed the shrouded assemblage of her daughter, Nour al-Aloul.

"You took my psyche with you," she cried. "I utilized to crook disconnected my telephone from however overmuch you called."

Houthi rebels motorboat rocket astatine Israel

The Israeli subject said it intercepted a rocket launched aboriginal Sunday by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels successful Yemen.

The rebels said they fired 2 ballistic missiles towards Israel's main airdrome adjacent Tel Aviv, whose grounds were struck by a Houthi rocket earlier this month.

Israel was near retired of a caller U.S. woody to halt attacks connected Houthi targets successful Yemen successful speech for an extremity to strikes connected U.S. shipping vessels successful the Red Sea.

The Houthis accidental they are attacking successful solidarity with Palestinians successful Gaza.