Israel Strikes Across Gaza to Thwart Renewed Hamas Attacks

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******* Strikes Across Gaza to Thwart Renewed ****** Attacks

(Bloomberg) — ******* bombed ****** targets across Gaza on Monday to prevent what it said was an “immediate” threat of rocket ***** the group was planning to mark its devastating ******* a year ago.

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The move, along with ******* sending troops back into parts of northern Gaza over the weekend, underlined the continuing danger from ******. That’s despite the Iran-backed militant organization suffering huge losses since the war erupted, with ******** officials estimated around half its roughly 35,000 fighters are *****.

In addition to Gaza, ******* is waging a ground and air offensive across its northern border in Lebanon where it’s combating Hezbollah, another Iran-supported group. And Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is widely expected to retaliate in the coming days against Iran for an ******* of 200 ballistic missiles last week.

The ******** prime minister, speaking to troops in northern ******* on Sunday, vowed to press on with the fights across multiple fronts, saying the country’s enemies were on the back foot.

“A year ago we took a terrible *****,” he said. “Since then, we have changed the reality across the board. The entire world is astonished by the blows you are landing on our enemies.”

******* has been in a state of war since ****** stormed southern ******** communities and military bases on Oct. 7 last year, ******** 1,200 people and abducting 250. About 100 hostages remain in Gaza, though the ******** military believes many of them are *****.

Almost 42,000 people have been ******* by *******’s operations in Gaza, according to the ******-run health ministry there, which doesn’t distinguish between civilian and combatant casualties.

Both Hezbollah and ****** are considered ********** organizations by the US and many other countries.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei boasted, in a Hebrew post on X, that ******’s ******** “set the Zionist regime back 70 years.”

In northern Gaza, the most populated part of the ************ territory before the war began, *******’s stepped up aerial and ground ground attacks. It warned that ****** is trying to rebuild in the area.

******* sent troops into southern Lebanon last week, saying it had no choice because diplomatic efforts from the US, France and others to stop Hezbollah’s missiles and drone strikes had *******. ******** troops are operating in Lebanese villages close to the border, and the military says it’s destroyed thousands of Hezbollah weapons and facilities.

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More than 1,500 people have been ******* by *******’s airstrikes in recent weeks and around one million have been displaced, according to Lebanese officials.

Netanyahu’s government has brushed aside calls for a cease-***** with Hezbollah, which is continuing to ***** weapons into *******. His campaign is part of a plan to ensure tens of thousands of displaced Israelis can return to their homes in the north.

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