Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has also flagged it having an 'indefinite' security responsibility in Gaza. The US has said it opposes 'reoccupation' of the region.
Israel said on Tuesday its forces were operating deep in Gaza City, and that Hamas' leader was trapped inside a bunker. Gaza residents said earlier that Israeli tanks were positioned on the outskirts of Gaza City, Hamas' stronghold in the north of the territory and home to about a third of its 2.3 million people before the hostilities.
We saw death," resident Adam Fayez Zeyara posted with a selfie of himself on the road out of Gaza City. While Israel's military operation is focused on the northern half of Gaza, the south has also come under attack . Palestinian health officials said at least 23 people were killed in two separate Israeli air strikes early on Tuesday in the southern Gaza cities of Khan Younis and Rafah.
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