An Israeli military vehicle drives next to the Israel-Gaza border as Gaza City is seen in the distance. (Reuters Photo)
Israel-Hamas War News Live Updates: The Israeli military is in control of “widespread” areas in Gaza City, NYT reported Israeli military spokesman, Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin as saying. This follows weeks of intense campaigns in Jabalia and in the neighborhoods of Zeitoun and Sheikh Radwan. The Benjamin Netanyahu-led Israel had approved a plan to take over and occupy the heavily bombarded Gaza City in August.
‘Gaza is burning’: Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz, in a post on X on Tuesday, said, “Gaza is burning”. Katz further added, “The IDF strikes with an iron fist at the terrorist infrastructure and IDF soldiers are fighting bravely to create the conditions for the release of the hostages and the defeat of Hamas.”
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Trump warns Hamas: Earlier in the day, US President Donald Trump warned Hamas, stating that if the reports of using hostages as human shields against Israel’s ground offensive in Gaza City were true, “all bets are off”. “I have just read a News Report that Hamas has moved the hostages above ground to use them as human shields against Israel’s ground offensive. I hope the Leaders of Hamas know what they’re getting into if they do such a thing,” he wrote in a post on Truth Social.
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