Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the expansion of military operations in the Gaza Strip.
The authorities intend to destroy the Palestinian Hamas movement in this way and see no other option other than war until complete victory.
Citizens of Israel, we are expanding military operations in the Gaza Strip. We will continue the war until complete victory. This is the only way to return our abductees, destroy Hamas and ensure that Gaza will no longer be a threat to Israel,” MIA quotes an appeal from an Israeli politician.
Netanyahu said Israel is determined and the IDF will fight until victory.
After a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip, Tel Aviv, in addition to military operations, stopped the supply of water, food and medicine, electricity and fuel.
Since the beginning of the military operation, the number of civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip has exceeded 20 thousand people.
The number of victims is more than 53 thousand people.
According to Israel, Hamas is holding another 126 Israelis and 11 foreigners hostage.
Previously, 110 hostages were released.
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in October accused the Israeli leadership of committing war crimes in the Gaza Strip.
As stated by the UN Deputy Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths, at the initiative of the UN a special tribunal may be created to investigate these crimes.
It was previously reported that Hamas did not accept the hostage exchange.
