Israel pushes deeper into Gaza and frees Hamas captive; Netanyahu rejects calls for cease-fire

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Israeli ground forces pushed deeper into Gaza on Monday, advancing in tanks and other armored vehicles on the territory’s main city and freeing a soldier held captive by Hamas militants. The Israeli prime minister rejected calls for a cease-fire as airstrikes landed near hospitals where thousands of Palestinians are sheltering beside the wounded.

Netanyahu, who faces mounting anger over Israel’s failure to prevent the worst surprise attack on the country in a half century, also said he had no plans to resign. Palestinians mourn their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, in a morgue in Khan Younis, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023.

Palestinians sit on the rubble of a house after it was struck by an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. Palestinians evacuate survivors of the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Hadas Calderon is overcome by emotion in the ruins of her mother’s home in Kibbutz Nir Oz, southern Israel, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. The kibbutz was overran by Hamas on Oct. 7, killing or capturing a quarter of its community, including Carmela Dan, Calderon’s mother 80, and niece, Noya, 12. Her children Erez, 12, Sahar, 16, and Ofer, 53, the children’s father are in Gaza.

People look at more than 220 beds and items on display symbolizing those captured in a cross-border attack by Hamas militants earlier this month, in Jerusalem, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. On Oct. 7, more than 1,400 people, mostly Israeli civilians, were killed and some 240 captured in the unprecedented attack by Hamas, which triggered an ongoing war.

Palestinians check the destruction after the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah, Monday, Oct 30, 2023. An Israeli soldier stands in the ruins of a family home in Kibbutz Nir Oz, southern Israel, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, which was overran by Hamas militants on Oct. 7, killing or capturing a quarter of its community. Hamas and other militant groups are believed to be holding some 240 captives, including men, women and children. Netanyahu has faced mounting pressure to secure their release even as Israel acts to crush Hamas and end its 16-year rule over the territory.

Amos Aloni, whose daughter Danielle appeared in the video, told reporters that he and his wife were shocked when she appeared on TV but also felt “relief from her being alive and seeing her.”

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