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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a ceasefire in the war against Hamas, which entered its second month on Tuesday, despite repeated calls for a humanitarian truce in Gaza and after a death toll of more than 10,000 in the enclave, according to the Palestinian movement. During the night, aerial bombardments continued. Israel against Palestinian territory controlled by the Islamic movement, leaving more than 100 dead, according to the Hamas Ministry of Health.

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Under aerial cover, Israeli ground troops continued to advance in the Strip after surrounding the city of Link and cut the territory in half, according to the military.

Israeli army flares light up the sky over western Gaza, on November 6, 2023. (EFE/EPA/MOHAMMED SABLE). (MOHAMMED SABER/)

“There will be no ceasefire in Gaza without the release of our hostages,” said Netanyahu in an interview with the American channel ABC News on Monday night, a month after hundreds of fighters Hamas will take place on October 7th the deadliest attack in Israel’s history.

Israel’s operation in Gaza. (AFP).

More than 1,400 people died in that attack, according to authorities, mostly civilians on the same day as the attack. Among the dead are more than 300 soldiers.

Hamas also captured more than 240 civilians, held hostageand military personnel who led to Link.

“As far as small tactical breaks are concerned, an hour here, an hour there, we’ve already had them,” he added. Netanyahureferring to a White House statement that talks about the “possibility of tactical pauses” to allow civilians to escape the fighting and the arrival of humanitarian aid.

Palestinians carry a victim of Israeli bombing in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, on November 7, 2023. (Photo by Mahmud HAMS/AFP). (MAHMUD HAMS/)

In 2005, after 38 years of occupation, Israel unilaterally withdrew its soldiers and settlers from Gaza. But Netanyahu said now that his country would assume “for an indefinite period, overall responsibility for security” in Palestinian territory after the war.

Netanyahu promised to annihilate Hamasan organization classified as “terrorist” by the United States and the European Union.

This photograph released by the Israeli army on November 7, 2023 shows soldiers during operations in northern Gaza. (AFP). (-/)

“A crisis of humanity”

The United Nations, NGOs, Arab leaders and other countries around the world constantly call for a Stop the fire. Washington does not support the idea and talks about “humanitarian pauses”, insisting on Israel’s right to defend itself.

The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres urgently demanded a “humanitarian ceasefire” in the small Palestinian territory, transformed into a “children’s cemetery”.

“The nightmare in Gaza is more than a humanitarian crisis, it is a crisis of humanity”, he said.

Israeli bombings on Gaza left 10,022 people dead, most of them civilians, including more than 4,000 childrenaccording to the latest balance from the Ministry of Health of Hamas Monday.

“Thousands and thousands of civilians die (…) Our men were killed. “Our volunteers died”, said the head of the Palestinian Red Crescent, Yunis Al-Khatib.

Guterres He also reiterated his condemnation of the “atrocious terrorist acts” of Hamas on October 7 and attacked this movement that uses “civilians as human shields and continues to fire rockets at Israel indiscriminately.”

Sunday night, The Israeli army announced the intensification of its bombing campaign that will last “several days”parallel to a ground offensive launched on October 27.

O land clashes more intense are occurring in the north of the territory, where the city of Linkthat in agreement Israel houses the “center” of Hamas.

Palestinians pull a child out of the rubble after an Israeli bombing in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip, on November 7, 2023. (Photo by SAID KHATIB/AFP). (Said Khatib/)

“Yes, I’m afraid”

Close to the border with Linkyoung Israeli soldiers show their “pride” in serving their country, without hiding their fears. “Yes, I’m a little scared of going there. “We don’t know if we’re going to come back alive.” says a 20-year-old soldier, whose name cannot be published due to military censorship.

At least 30 Israeli soldiers, according to the army, have been killed since October 27.

Israeli bombings are severely testing the approximately 2.4 million Palestinians, trapped in the 362 km2 of this small territory and deprived of water, electricity and food supplies.

The siege imposed by Israel began on October 9, when Gaza had already been under Israeli blockade for more than 16 years. More than 1.5 million people have been displaced, according to the UN.

“It was like a million earthquakes combined (…). We didn’t receive any warning, nothing, and suddenly we were surprised by missiles falling over our heads, without stopping”, said Saad Abu Sariya after the Israeli attacks on Rafah (south).

Guterres lamented on Monday the insufficient aid that arrives Rafathe border crossing with Egypt. With 569 trucks since October 21st, “aid is nothing compared to the ocean of needs”. The United Arab Emirates announced on Monday that it will establish a field hospital in Gaza.

On the border of Israel and Lebanon there are also daily exchanges of fire between the Israeli army, on the one hand, and Hezbollah and its allies, including Hamas, on the other.

Violence also multiplied in West Banka territory occupied by Israel since 1967, where more than 150 Palestinians have been shot dead by Israeli soldiers or settlers since October 7, according to the Palestinian Authority.

Source: Elcomercio