Both Israel and the Hamas militants who control Gaza have rebuffed mounting international pressure for a ceasefire.
"Ground operations by the Israel Defense Forces and continued bombardment are hitting civilians, hospitals, refugee camps, mosques, churches and U.N. facilities – including shelters.
Israel said 31 soldiers had been killed since it began expanded ground operations in Gaza on Oct. 27 and reiterated that Hamas was hiding with civilians and at hospitals.
Hamas said the idea that Hamas was based in hospitals was a "false narrative that the U.N. should verify.
The health ministry in the Hamas-controlled enclave said at least 10,022 people in Gaza have since been killed, including 4,104 children.
[1/9]Flares are dropped by Israeli forces, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza City November 6, 2023.
(This story has been refiled to show that Benjamin Netanyahu is Israel's prime minister, not Israel's president, in paragraph 13.). »
