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Israeli military strikes killed dozens across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, the territory’s health ministry said, the latest in a wave of attacks after Israel has threatened to intensify its military campaign against Hamas.
Many more were injured in the strikes on Thursday, according to the Gaza health ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants. The Israeli military said it had hit more than 130 targets over the past two days, including operatives affiliated with Hamas and Islamic Jihad in southern Gaza.
Gaza’s Civil Defense, an emergency response organization, later reported more people were killed in strikes in the northern Gaza city of Jabaliya, including one on a building that housed a medical clinic.
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Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, has threatened to significantly escalate the country’s military campaign unless Hamas lays down its arms and frees the remaining hostages. The Palestinian armed group has rejected Israel’s conditions for a cease-fire, demanding an end to the war and a full Israeli withdrawal in exchange for releasing the captives.
The Israeli military has yet to embark on the sweeping ground offensive that government officials have laid out. But Israeli forces have launched a series of deadly airstrikes across the Gaza Strip in recent days.
