Biden administration officials, including Blinken, have repeatedly urged Israel to wind down its blistering air and ground offensive in Gaza. Israel's military said the bodies of three Israeli hostages held in Gaza had been recovered.
Biden administration officials, including Blinken , have repeatedly urged Israel to wind down its blistering air and ground offensive in Gaza . The military did not address troop deployments in northern Gaza going forward. Its spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, said late Saturday that forces would “continue to deepen the achievement” there, strengthen defenses along the Israel - Gaza border fence and focus on the central and southern parts of the territory.
Israel's military said the bodies of three Israeli hostages held in Gaza had been recovered. Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly. In recent weeks, Israel had already been scaling back its military assault in northern Gaza and pressing its offensive in the territory’s south, where most of Gaza’s 2.3 million Palestinians are being squeezed into smaller areas in a humanitarian disaster while being pounded by Israeli airstrikes
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