Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu again announced on Saturday that Israel does not have « any option » to continue to fight Gaza And the war will not end before destroying Hamas, releasing the hostages and ensuring that the territory will not present a threat to Israel.
The Prime Minister also repeated his vote to ensure that Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon.
Netanyahu is under increasing pressure at home not only from the hostages of the hostages and their supporters, but also the reservist and retired Israeli soldiers who question the continuation of the war after Israel destroyed a cessation of fire last month. In his statement, he stated that Hamas rejected Israel’s last proposal to release half of the hostages for a cessation of continuous fire.
The Prime Minister spoke after Israeli strikes killed more than 90 people in 48 hours, the Gaza Ministry of Health said on Saturday. Israeli troops have increased their attacks to pressure Hamas to release the hostages and disarm.
According to hospital staff, children and women were among the 15 people killed at night.
At least 11 people were killed in the southern city of Khan Younis, several of them in a tent in the Muwasi area, where hundreds of thousands of people displaced. Israel has designated it as a humanitarian area.
Palestinians cry for the 2 -year -old Kinan Edwan’s body killed in an Israeli army air attack, during his funeral in Khan Younis, South Gaza Strip, Saturday, April 19, 2025.
AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana
The pains cradled and kissed the faces of the dead. A man stroked a child’s front with his finger before the body bags were closed.
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« Omar has gone … I wish it was me, » a brother called.
Four other people died on strikes in the city of Rafah, including a mother and daughter, according to the European hospital, where the bodies were taken.
Later on Saturday, an Israeli air attack on a group of civilians west of Nueirat in the center of Gaza killed a person, according to Al-Awda Hospital.
Israel’s army in a statement said he killed more than 40 militants over the weekend. Separately, he said that a soldier died on Saturday north of Gaza and confirmed that he was the first death of soldiers since Israel resumed the war on March 18.
Israel has pledged to intensify attacks on Gaza and occupy « safety areas » indefinitely large within the small coastal strip of more than two million people. Hamas wants Israeli forces to retire from the territory.
Israel has also blocked Gaza for the last six weeks, and was again the entry of food and other products.
This week, help groups increased the alarm, saying that thousands of children have been unexpected and that most people barely eat one meal a day as stocks decrease, according to the United Nations.
On Friday, the head of the Mediterranean Office of the World Health Organization, Dr. Hanan Balkhy, urged the new North Ambassador -American to Israel, Mike Huckabee, to push the country to lift the lock of Gaza so that medicines and other aid can enter.
« I would like to go in to see the situation firsthand, » he said.
The war began when the Hamas -led militants attacked southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people, mostly civilians and abducting 251. Most hostages have been released in fire cessation agreements or other offers. Currently, Hamas has 59 hostages, 24 of them believe alive.
Israel’s offensive has since killed more than 51,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, who does not distinguish between civilians and fighters.
The war has destroyed large parts of Gaza and most of its food production capabilities. About 90 percent of the population is displaced, with hundreds of thousands of people living in the bombed tents and buildings.
The frustration has been growing on both sides, with rare public protests against Hamas in Gaza, and the weekly rallies continued in Israel, pushing the government to reach an agreement to bring all the hostages at home.
–With rows of Associated Press’ Jamey Keaten
& Copy 2025 The Canadian Press
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