Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel is readying a ground war in Gaza, pressing ahead with plans that have troubled allies and threaten to worsen an already cascading humanitarian crisis.
Facing ever-louder international calls to temper the country's ferocious 19-day bombing campaign in the Hamas-controlled territory, Mr Netanyahu delivered a nationally televised address.
Thousands of Gazans are already believed to have died in Israel's aerial assault, with the toll expected to rise substantially if tens of thousands of Israeli troops massed around Gaza move in. But boasting of"raining down hellfire on Hamas" and killing"thousands of terrorists", Mr Netanyahu said his war cabinet and the military would determine the timing of a"ground offensive" to"eliminate Hamas" and"bring our captives home."Gaza's Hamas-controlled health ministry puts the number of Palestinian deaths at 6,500, including many children and 700 people killed in a single 24-hour window this week.
Once the generators stop, hospitals will"turn into morgues", the Red Cross has warned. Hospitals are also struggling with a shortage of medicines and equipment.
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