Israeli offensive shifts to crowded southern Gaza, driving up death toll

On Saturday, Israel targeted locations in densely populated southern Gaza, escalating the death toll.

Additional neighborhoods earmarked for attack were instructed to evacuate, amplifying the urgency for civilian protection.

The United States and other nations called on Israel to enhance efforts to safeguard non-combatants, especially after a truce collapsed the day before.

The possibility of renewed cease-fires in Gaza seemed dim, with Israel withdrawing its negotiators and Hamas’ deputy leader stating that any further exchange of Gaza-held hostages for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel would only occur as part of concluding the ongoing conflict.

“We will continue the war until we achieve all its goals, and it’s impossible to achieve those goals without the ground operation,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an address Saturday night.

After the resumption of fighting on Friday morning, at least 200 Palestinians were reported killed, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, the Associated Press reported.

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