Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu visited Israeli troops fighting in the Gaza Strip yesterday.
It was his second known trip to the territory since the war began. His visit came hours after Gazan health officials reported that a devastating overnight strike on a crowded neighborhood had killed dozens of residents.
Prime Minister Netanyahu, who has faced increasing pressure from the U.S. to lower the intensity of the war, vowed to stay the course.
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According to him, “We’re not stopping, we are continuing to fight and we are deepening the fighting in the coming days,” he said in a statement.
He added that “this will be a long battle, and it is not close to ending.”
The Gaza Health Ministry initially said 70 people died in the latest attacks, with many others still buried under the rubble.
But the details were blurry, given the continued difficulty of communication with residents in Gaza.
Meanwhile, International pressure for a ceasefire has increased as the Gazan death toll soared and civilians have been pushed into smaller and smaller corners of the enclave.
Netanyahu also faces sustained pressure from the Israeli public to free the remaining hostages who were seized during the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7.
