SMOKE PLUMES OVER GAZA AS FIGHTING BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS CONTINUES Losses on both sides are a tragedy and still Hamas won’t let the Hostages go home
Smoke was rising over several locations in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, as Israel continued its fight against the militant group.
Israeli missiles and air strikes on the Rafah area in southern Gaza struck three houses killing at least 20 Palestinians, Gaza health officials said on Tuesday.
The Gaza health ministry said on Monday, December 16th, that 19,453 Palestinians had been killed and 52,286 wounded in the Israeli assault on the Hamas-ruled enclave in more than two months of warfare.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to achieve total victory over Hamas, whose fighters killed 1,200 people and took 240 hostages in a surprise Oct. 7 barbaric raid into Israel, the deadliest attack in the country’s 75 years, according to Israeli tallies.
