Israel Declares Gaza City A Combat Zone, Says It Has Begun 'initial Stages' Of Attack

Israel said Friday that Gaza City was now a dangerous combat zone and that it had begun nan "initial stages" of its battle connected nan area, which has been gripped by a mounting starvation crisis.

Israel besides said that its subject had recovered nan remains of 2 hostages from nan enclave.

"We are not waiting," nan IDF said successful a statement. "We person begun nan preliminary operations and first stages of nan onslaught connected Gaza City, and we are presently operating pinch awesome strength connected nan outskirts of nan city."

The battle is expected to displace thousands of Palestinians from nan city, which nan world's starring authority connected hunger declared past week was gripped by famine nether Israel's subject offensive.

Israel has called Gaza City a Hamas stronghold successful nan past.

"We will deepen our strikes and will not hesitate until we return each nan abductees and Hamas is dismantled militarily and governmentally," nan IDF connection added.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s agency said Friday that Israel had recovered nan assemblage of hostage Ilan Weiss from nan Gaza Strip.

It said that nan remains of different hostage, whose personality had not yet been cleared for publication, were besides recovered. Those remains were undergoing forensic identification, he said.

The subject had earlier suspended mid-day pauses to fighting successful Gaza City which had allowed nan transportation of humanitarian aid, saying nan metropolis was now a "dangerous combat zone."

Netanyahu past week authorized nan cognition to takeover nan city, while besides revealing he had instructed "immediate negotiations" to statesman for a woody extremity nan warfare successful Gaza and unafraid nan merchandise of nan hostages who stay held successful nan enclave.

Israeli defense curate Israel Katz vowed to unfastened nan "gates of hell" connected Gaza City until Hamas agreed to Israel's conditions for ending nan war, including nan merchandise of each hostages and nan militant group's complete disarmament.

Israel called up immoderate 60,000 reservists for nan expanded operation.