ISRAEL VOWS TO TAKE GAZA LAND

ISRAEL'S defence minister said he has ordered ground forces to advance deeper into the Gaza Strip, and vowed to hold more land until Hamas releases its remaining hostages.

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Israel Katz said: “The more Hamas continues its refusal to release the kidnapped, the more territory it will lose to Israel.”

It came after an explosion east of Gaza City killed a couple and their two children, plus two additional children who were not related to them but were in the same building, according to witnesses and a local hospital. The Israeli army had no immediate comment on the explosion.