Israel-Hamas War Day 59: War escalates as Israeli ground forces launch offensive in southern Gaza. 10 points
Israeli military has said that its ground forces were operating against Hamas across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, its clearest indication yet that a planned ground offensive in the enclave's heavily crowded south had begun as Israeli bombing killed and wounded dozens of Palestinians. The Israeli military earlier ordered people to evacuate some areas in and near the city, but made no announcement of any new southern ground assault. 2.
10 people were killed and more than were 100 wounded in an airstrike in the Al-Geneina neighborhood of the border city of Rafah in southern Gaza, Al Jazeera reported citing eyewitness reports, however, the information couldn’t be verified, Bloomberg reported. 3. Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, has also hinted that there may be a major uptick in violence in the south as Israel pursues its declared goal of destroying Hamas.
However, combat in the south is more difficult now because of the displacement of some 1.8 million people, many of whom fled there to avoid the earlier fighting in the north, according to figures by the United Nations. 4. On Sunday, the attacks on shipping in the southern Red Sea fueled fears of the conflict spreading.
The US Defense Department said three commercial ships were attacked by Yemen's Iran-allied Houthi movement in international Red Sea waters, and a U.S. destroyer operating in the area shot down three drones as it responded to distress calls. 5.
Bombardments from war planes and artillery were also concentrated on Khan Younis and Rafah, another city in Gaza's south, residents told Reuters, and hospitals were struggling to cope with the flow of wounded. 6. Israel's government spokesperson, Eylon Levy, said the military had struck more than 400
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