© hindustantimes.comIsrael says it is open to Gaza fighting pauses for aid, hostages
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In response to international criticism, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once again rejected demands for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip but said his country will take “tactical little pauses” in the combat to allow captives to escape or aid to reach the area.
After surrounding the heavily populated Gaza City, located in the northern part of the territory and home to the Islamist organisation Hamas, Israel’s military declared that it had captured a militant facility and prepared to launch an attack on combatants concealed under a maze of subterranean tunnels.
Health authorities said that two distinct Israeli airstrikes early on Tuesday in the southern Gaza towns of Khan Younis and Rafah killed at least 23 Palestinians.
“ We will defeat and dismantle Hamas and we will offer the people of Gaza and the people of the Middle East a real future, a future of promise and hope, but this requires victory,
Benjamin Netanyahu,
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