Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the nation that Israel has opened a 'new phase' in the war by sending ground forces into Gaza and expanding attacks from the ground, air and sea.
Israel entered a new phase of its war on Hamas on Saturday, expanding its ground attacks after blacking out nearly all communication in the Gaza Strip with increased bombardment and artillery fire. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it a war for Israel's existence, and said ''Never again' is now.' Gaza residents described the massive bombardment from the land, air and sea as the most intense of the 3-week-old Israel-Hamas war.
Civilian deaths mount in GazaRaw, overwhelming grief was everywhere in Gaza.'What did he do?' cried one man as he rocked the body of his son, just two and a half months old, in his arms. He lost his wife and four children in an Israeli strike Wednesday on a house in the Jabalia refugee camp, in northern Gaza. 'Did he kill anyone? Did he kidnap someone? There were just innocent children inside this house.
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