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Nearly 600 Palestinians have been killed since the truce between Israel and Hamas was shattered on Tuesday.
ADVERTISEMENTIsrael’s defence minister has said he has ordered the military to advance deeper into Gaza, vowing to hold more land until Hamas releases the remaining hostages it holds.Defence Minister Israel Katz said operations in the Strip would continue “with increasing intensity until the hostages are released by Hamas.””The more Hamas continues its refusal to release the kidnapped, the more territory it will lose to Israel,” Katz said.Hamas is still holding 59 hostages but at least 35 are believed to be dead.Hamas has said it will only release the remaining hostages in exchange for a lasting ceasefire and a full Israeli military withdrawal from Gaza, as laid out in the ceasefire agreement reached after more than a year of mediation by the United States, Egypt and Qatar.Nearly 600 Palestinians have been killed since the truce between Israel and Hamas was shattered on Tuesday.After retaking part of the strategic Netzarim Corridor that splits Gaza in two, Israeli troops moved toward the northern town of Beit Lahiya and the southern border city of Rafah on Thursday.The military said it had also resumed enforcing a blockade on northern Gaza, including Gaza City.Legal troubleMeanwhile, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was delivered a setback in his attempt to fire the chief of the country’s internal security service, the Shin Bet.Hours after the Cabinet unanimously approved the firing of Ronen Bar, the Supreme Court ordered a temporary halt to his dismissal until an appeal can be heard.The court said it was delaying his dismissal until arguments against it could be heard no later than 8 April.Netanyahu’s office had said Bar’s dismissal was effective 10 April, but that it could come earlier if a replacement was found.Israel’s attorney general said the Cabinet had no legal basis to dismiss Bar.A Shin Bet report into Hamas’ 7 October 2023 attack that prompted the war in Gaza acknowledged failures by the security agency.But it also said policies by the Netanyahu government created the conditions for the attack.ADVERTISEMENTThe decision to sack Bar deepens a power struggle focused largely over who bears responsibility for the 2023 Hamas attack.Critics say the move is a power grab by the prime minister against an independent-minded civil servant and tens of thousands of Israelis have demonstrated in support of Bar, including outside Netanyahu’s residence.In addition to its report on the Hamas incursion, Netanyahu is reportedly also unhappy that Shin Bet has launched an investigation into connections between some of his close aides and Qatar.Hamas attack on IsraelThe war began when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on 7 October 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 hostage.ADVERTISEMENTMost of the hostages have been freed as part of ceasefire agreements or other deals.Israeli forces have rescued eight living hostages and recovered the bodies of dozens more.Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed nearly 49,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.Israel says it has killed around 20,000 militants, without providing evidence.ADVERTISEMENTThe war at its height displaced around 90% of Gaza’s population and has caused vast destruction across the territory.
