Israel promises ‘unrelenting attacks’ on Hamas while US, Obama urge caution

A child is recovered from the rubble of a residential building leveled in an Israeli airstrike, in Khan Younis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, on Oct 19, 2023.Mourners carry children and their father from the Al-Zinati family, who were killed during Israeli air strikes on their home, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Oct 23, 2023.

“We are well-prepared for the ground operations in the south,” he added, referring to southern Israel which abuts Gaza. “There are tactical, operative, strategic considerations that have provided additional time, and troops who have more time are better prepared, and that is what we are doing now.” “Any Israeli military strategy that ignores the human costs could ultimately backfire. Already, thousands of Palestinians have been killed in the bombing of Gaza, many of them children. Hundreds of thousands have been forced from their homes,” Mr Obama said the a statement posted on social media.It is not immediately clear whether Mr Obama coordinated his statement with Mr Biden, who was his vice-president. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

“We decided to release them for humanitarian and poor health grounds,” Mr Abu Ubaida, spokesman for the armed wing of the Palestinian Hamas militant group, said on Telegram. “These raids are raids that kill squads of terrorists who are preparing for our next stage in the war. These are raids that go deep,” military spokesperson Daniel Hagari said.

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