Hamas has reiterated its stance that the hostages won’t be released until there is a cease-fire and Israeli troops withdraw. Netanyahu says Israel’s military will fight until the hostages are released, and will remain in Gaza to prevent a severely weakened Hamas from rearming.
Palestinians evacuate the Jabalia refugee camp and the Sheikh Radwan and Abu Iskandar neighborhoods in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday.
Israel threatens to starve out northern Gaza, U.N. aid agencies say
Israel’s retaliatory offensive in Gaza has killed more 42,000 Palestinians, according to local health authorities, who don’t distinguish combatants from civilians, but say more than half the dead are women and children.