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Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least 33 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, including people sheltering in tents or seeking scarce food, local hospitals said as a famine in Gaza City sparks new pressure on Israel over its 22-month offensive.
Israel’s defense minister has warned that Gaza’s largest city could be destroyed in a new military operation perhaps just days away, even as famine spreads there.
Israel launched strikes on Gaza City overnight as it moved forward with a new offensive in the Palestinian enclave despite international condemnation and mounting domestic protests.
Explosions rocked neighborhoods in the city on Thursday, after Israel said its military had entered the first stages of a planned assault that includes calling up 60,000 reservists. The operation has sent civilians fleeing once again, intensifying fears about the starvation crisis unfolding in the territory.
The conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has entered a new phase with the use of drones and heavy artillery in military operations against M23 rebels and allied groups, raising concerns over the future of regional peace efforts.
The Congo River Alliance (CRA), linked to M23, accused the Congolese government and Burundian forces of deploying “kamikaze drones” in South Kivu to strike areas near Uvira and surrounding villages.
Ukrainian forces have strengthened the battlefield in the region of eastern Ukraine where the Russian army made a surprise breakthrough this week and broke through Ukrainian defenses, Reuters reported, citing the regional governor of Donetsk region, BTA reports.
Ukraine said small groups of Russian infantry had advanced about 10 km (6 miles) toward its main defense line, near the town of Dobropilya, raising fears of a larger breakthrough that would further endanger key cities.
Israel’s security cabinet has approved a plan proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the military to “take control” of Gaza City, his office said in a statement Friday.
Under the plan to “defeat” Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army “will prepare to take control of Gaza City while distributing humanitarian assistance to the civilian population outside combat zones”, the statement said.
