Israeli forces advance in southern Gaza, tanks in Rafah

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******** forces advance in southern Gaza, tanks in Rafah

******** forces have advanced deeper into some towns on the eastern side of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, hours after ******** Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US lawmakers he was actively engaged in bringing hostages home.

Fighting in recent days has centred on the eastern towns of Bani Suaila, Al-Zanna, and Al-Karara, where the army said on Wednesday it had found the bodies of five Israelis who were ******* in ******’ October 7 ******* on ******* and held in Gaza since.

****** militants took more than 250 hostages in the early-morning raid into southern ******* and ******* 1200 people, according to ******** tallies.

******* retaliated by vowing to eradicate ****** in Gaza in a nine-month war that has ******* more than 39,000 Palestinians, Gaza health officials say.

Several were wounded in the eastern towns during ******** tank and aerial shelling, while an air strike east of Khan Younis ******* four people, ************ health officials said.

******** bombardment intensified in several areas in Rafah, near the border with Egypt, as tanks operated north, west and in the town centre, residents and medics said.

Several Palestinians were also wounded in ******** ***** earlier on Thursday.

The ******** military said forces operating in Khan Younis ******* dozens of militants and dismantled about 50 military structures, while it continued activities in Rafah, ******** two militants.

In a speech to the US Congress, Netanyahu said his government was actively involved in seeking the release of remaining hostages and was confident they would succeed.

****** described the comments by Netanyahu as “pure *****” accusing him of thwarting efforts to end the war.

Netanyahu’s comments also disappointed many displaced Palestinians who had hoped for a clearer signal of an imminent end to the fighting, which has ***** the overcrowded enclave to waste and created a humanitarian crisis.

“It was depressing, he didn’t even mention ceasefire at all, not even once,” said Tamer Al-Burai, a resident of Gaza City, now displaced in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.

“People awaited some surprise, a ceasefire announcement by Netanyahu as a gift to (US President Joe) Biden, but they slept with much disappointment, as Netanyahu said he was determined to pursue war,” Burai told Reuters via a chat app.

Deir Al-Balah, where tanks have not yet invaded, is overcrowded with hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, displaced from other areas of the enclave, home to 2.3 million people.

“Netanyahu spoke in a play, he spoke to clowns,” Burai said.

Diplomatic efforts by ***** mediators, backed by the ******* States, to conclude a ceasefire deal, seemed to be on hold, as ******* was expected to send a delegation for more talks next week.

In northern Gaza, an ******** air strike on a house in the Sheikh Radwan suburb ******* four people, medics said, while seven Palestinians arrived at a hospital in central Gaza who had been detained by ******** forces and released in an area close to the border.

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