Israel says fighting in Gaza is most intense since start of ground offensive

[CharlieH]

 

Israeli forces have reported the most intense day of fighting in Gaza since the ground attack began nearly six weeks ago, with offensives stepped up in northern and southern Gaza and reports of a rise in civilian deaths.

Amid heavy combat in key urban areas, including around Khan Younis, Hamas said there would be no further return of hostages until Israel’s “aggression against Gaza stopped”.

 

The UN said “some of the heaviest shelling in Gaza so far” took place between Sunday and Monday afternoons. The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry said 349 Palestinians had been killed and 750 injured in that period.

The latest fighting came as the Biden administration imposed a visa ban on Israeli settlers engaged in violence against Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank, in one of toughest measures on Israel by the White House in recent memory.

“The United States has consistently opposed actions that undermine stability in the West Bank, including attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians, and Palestinian attacks against Israelis,” the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said on Tuesday.

 

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[Morch]

The previous period of fighting, in north Gaza saw an average casualty rate of X/day. That's with most of the population evacuating.

I wonder how the current fighting compares.

 

Considering the areas under attack host much more civilians (original populace + evacuees), casualty figures should be way higher compared to the previous fighting phase, if the Israeli offensive is carried out in exactly the same manner and intensity.