{"id":491644,"date":"2023-10-16T11:25:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T05:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=491644"},"modified":"2023-10-16T11:25:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T05:55:12","slug":"israel-hamas-war-gaza-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/world-news\/israel-hamas-war-gaza-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel-Hamas war: As Israel prepares a ground assault, over a million people escape Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Monday, the conflict between Israel and the Hamas militants entered its tenth day, and more developments are anticipated. As the Israeli Army readied itself to advance into the Gaza Strip in pursuit of Hamas militants who startled the world with their violent rampage across Israeli border towns, the army made a vow to demolish Hamas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Israeli soldiers are positioned beside their armoured vehicles near the Gaza Strip border, on October 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While US warships were en route to the region amid escalating hostilities with Lebanon, senior US officials issued a warning that the conflict between Israel and Hamas would intensify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thousands of Palestinians have fled Gaza City, which is home to almost half of the region’s population of over 2 million, following Israel’s urging that they do so in preparation for an anticipated ground onslaught against the terror attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of last Saturday, at least 3,200 people had died in the fighting, according to the most recent statistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) released satellite photos on Monday that depicted Israel’s appearance both before and after Hamas’ terror assaults on October 7 in the midst of the ongoing conflict with Hamas militants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lengths Hamas is willing to go in order to commit war crimes are visible even from outer space, the IDF said, announcing the satellite photographs of the widespread destruction wrought by the surprise attack on X, previously Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Sunday evening with the relatives of those who were reported missing and detained by Hamas, marking the first time since the terrorist organization’s attack on Israel that claimed over 1,300 lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the social media platform X, the Israeli prime minister’s office shared photos of Netanyahu comforting the family of Israeli hostages that he had met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met today with families of the captive and missing, the office said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Family members of those jailed in Gaza argue that the administration has abandoned them, and they are strongly criticising Netanyahu’s visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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