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Gaza families ordered south return home, say nowhere is safe from Israeli bombs

Gaza families ordered south return home, say nowhere is safe from Israeli bombs

THE Abu Marasa family are returning to Gaza City, having fled after Israel ordered all civilians to go south or face bombardment, saying they would rather die at home after an air strike hit the house next to where they were sheltering. Bombing in the south of the tiny, crowded Gaza Strip killed scores of people overnight, local authorities said, and the Abu Marasa family is one of several Reuters spoke to that have concluded they may as well go back to their homes in the north. More than a dozen members of the family were crowded into a car on…
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Israel links Gaza aid to hostages’ release as humanitarian disaster looms

Israel links Gaza aid to hostages’ release as humanitarian disaster looms

ISRAEL said there would be no pause in its siege of the Gaza Strip for aid or evacuations until all its hostages were freed, as Washington urged it to protect civilians and the Red Cross warned of a humanitarian catastrophe in the enclave. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, arriving in Tel Aviv on a trip to show solidarity, told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that America would always be by Israel's side and give security assistance, but he urged Israel to show restraint "even when it's difficult". Israel has vowed to annihilate the Hamas movement that rules the Gaza Strip, in…
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