autotldr Bot , 5 months ago

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Israel’s defense minister has signaled that ground forces will advance toward the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, which has become a refuge for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians pushed from their homes by nearly 13 weeks of war.

It was not clear whether Mr. Gallant’s reference to Rafah reflected an immediate military objective, or whether it was intended more as a signal of resolve to the Israeli public and Hamas while Israel awaited the group’s response to the cease-fire proposal.

Hamas’ top political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, said in a statement on Friday that the group was studying the proposal but that it was insisting that the deal “completely end” the fighting.

For weeks, Israeli ground troops have been fighting intense battles in Khan Younis, where Israel says it is trying to kill or capture Hamas leaders it believes are hiding in and beneath the city in an extensive network of tunnels.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that Israeli forces attacked a hospital complex in Khan Younis on Friday and killed a number of people, including one of its employees.

Mr. Laerke, the U.N. spokesman, said on Friday that severe constraints on deliveries of supplies like food, water and medicine, along with escalating levels of disease, have increased the sense of desperation.

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