Since announcing a “tactical” military pause on Thursday, Israel says that more than 100,000 residents have fled northern Gaza to the southern region.
“[This] allows us to fight better, more effectively, against the Hamas terrorists,” Israeli military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said on Friday.
For the last five weeks, Israel has attacked Gaza consistently following an unprecedented attack in southern Israel by Hamas militants. Hamas killed more than a thousand Palestinians and took more than 200 hostage.
During his televised briefing Friday, Hagari re-iterated that efforts are underway to release hostages held in the Gaza Strip, but that such efforts “take time.”
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