Israel Pounds Gaza City as Fears Mount for Those Inside
With hundreds of thousands of Palestinians still in the city, the Israeli military said it was opening another temporary evacuation route.
With hundreds of thousands of Palestinians still in the city, the Israeli military said it was opening another temporary evacuation route.
With hundreds of thousands of Palestinians still in the city, the Israeli military said it was opening another temporary evacuation route. The U.N. warned that food supplies in northern Gaza would soon run out.
A negotiated settlement to end the fighting remains distant, in part because of the maximalist positions of Israel’s leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, and of Hamas.
With the assault on Gaza City, Israel’s prime minister has piled defiance on defiance, as any check from the Trump administration falls away.
As Israel mounts a major Gaza offensive, President Trump has neither urged restraint nor endorsed the action, which Israel’s leader has taken as an implicit green light to proceed.
As Israel mounts a major Gaza offensive, President Trump has neither urged restraint nor endorsed the action, which Israel’s leader has taken as an implicit green light to proceed.
The long-anticipated military assault is aimed, the Israelis said, at routing the militants of Hamas, but it deepened the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.
The long-anticipated military assault is aimed, the Israelis said, at routing the militants of Hamas, but it deepened the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.
Critics question what a risky advance can achieve that nearly two years of war have failed to accomplish.
Critics question what a risky advance can achieve that nearly two years of war have failed to accomplish.