Israel-Gaza War Day 72: ‘Israel is as committed as ever to war,’ says Benjamin Netanyahu. 10 updates
Israel-Gaza war, Israeli military officials stated on Saturday that three Israeli hostages, mistakenly shot by Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip, were killed despite waving a white flag and being shirtless, as reported by AP. It is to be further noted that this marks Israel's first acknowledgement of causing harm to hostages in its conflict with Hamas. Here are the top ten updates about the Israel-Gaza war: 1.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a nationwide address that the killings “broke my heart, broke the entire nation’s heart," but he indicated no change in Israel’s intensive military campaign. “We are as committed as ever to continue until the end, until we dismantle Hamas, until we return all our hostages," he said. 2.
The heightened displeasure resulting from the accidental killings is likely to intensify the pressure on the Israeli government to resume Qatar-mediated talks with Hamas. The discussions would center around exchanging more of the remaining 129 captives for Palestinians currently held in Israeli prisons. Also Read: Israel-Gaza War: ‘Enormous humanitarian crisis,’ India supports ‘urgent ceasefire’, votes in favour of UNGA resolution 3.
Israeli soldiers conducted multiple days of raids on a hospital in northern Gaza this week, as depicted in video footage that reveals a path of destruction with rubble and upturned earth on the hospital grounds and around the damaged entrance, Reuters reported. 4. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seemed to confirm on Saturday that fresh negotiations were in progress to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas, after sources told Reuters that Israel's intelligence chief had a meeting with the Prime Minister of Qatar, a country actively mediating in the
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