GAZA BORDER, Dec. 26, 2023
From our Overseas Bureau
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel visited Israeli troops fighting in Gaza. Netanyahu’s visit comes after Gazan Health officials said that an overnight strike on a crowded neighborhood killed people in dozens of number.
Israeli P.M. said that Israel would deepen the fighting, despite the death toll, which Gaza Health Ministry officials say stands at about 20,000 people and mounting pressure from the U.S. to lower the war-intensity. We’re not stopping, he said. This will be a long battle and it is not close to ending, he added.
Reportedly, the strike hit Al Maghazi, a neighborhood where many newly displaced Gazans sought shelter. Gazan Health officials initially said 70 people died, with many others still unaccounted for. Some photos showed people who appeared to be digging through rubble without the help of any heavy equipment.
These rockets, it’s like they’re made to destroy mountains, not people, Mohamed Abu Shaah, who had taken shelter in Al Maghazi with his wife and seven daughters, said.
Health officials of Gaza blamed Israel for deaths. Israel’s military said it was reviewing what happened.
Nevertheless, Pope Francis, in his Christmas’ address, pleaded for an end to the military operations with their appalling harvest of innocent civilian victims. He also called for aid to ease the desperate humanitarian crisis on ground.
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