Israel intensifies strikes in Gaza Strip, Benjamin Netanyahu wants to “further increase pressure” on Hamas

Israel intensified its strikes on the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, July 17. The Israeli army said it had carried out 25 strikes in the past 24 hours. It also reported three rockets fired from the north of the enclave toward Sderot in southern Israel and retaliatory bombings on the origin of the shots. It added that it had “Eliminated from terrorist cells” and targeted “military structures” in the Palestinian territory.

Two Palestinians were killed Wednesday in Israeli bombings in Rafah, a medical source said, a day after 57 people were killed in five strikes that targeted a UN-run school housing displaced people and a camp in Nusseirat (center), according to the Hamas-run civil defense. The army said it had targeted “Terrorists using a school in Nousseirat“.

Hamas “is under increasing pressure because we are hurting him, we are eliminating his high-ranking commanders and thousands of his terrorists. This is exactly the moment to increase the pressure even more”Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday. Netanyahu still intends to continue the war until the destruction of the Islamist movement and the release of all hostages. Hamas’s Health Ministry released a new toll on Wednesday, saying that 38,794 people have died in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war, which began after the October 7 attacks.