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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a ceasefire in the war against Hamas, which entered its second month on Tuesday, despite repeated calls for a humanitarian truce in Gaza and after a death toll of more than 10,000 in the enclave, according to the Palestinian movement. During the night, aerial bombardments continued. Israel against the Palestinian territory controlled by the Islamist movement, leaving more than 100 dead, according to the Hamas Ministry of Health.

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Under air cover, Israeli ground troops continued advancing in the Strip after surrounding the city of Loop and cut the territory in half, according to the military.

“There will be no ceasefire in Gaza without the release of our hostages,” Netanyahu said in an interview with the American channel ABC News on Monday night, a month after hundreds of fighters of Hamas will take place on October 7 the deadliest attack in Israel’s history.

More than 1,400 people died in that attack, according to the authorities, mostly civilians on the same day of the assault. Among the dead there are more than 300 soldiers.

Hamas also captured more than 240 civilians, taken hostageand military that led to Loop.

“With regard to the small tactical pauses, an hour here, an hour there, we have already had them,” he added. Netanyahureferring to a White House statement that talks about the “possibility of tactical pauses” to allow civilians to flee the fighting and for humanitarian aid to come in.

In 2005 after 38 years of occupation, Israel unilaterally withdrew its soldiers and settlers from Gaza. But Netanyahu said now that his country would assume “for an indefinite period, general responsibility for security” in the Palestinian territory after the war.

Netanyahu has promised to annihilate Hamasan organization classified as “terrorist” by the United States and the European Union.

“A crisis of humanity”

The United Nations, NGOs, Arab leaders and other countries around the world are constantly calling for a Stop the fire. Washington does not support the idea and speaks of “humanitarian pauses,” insisting on Israel’s right to defend itself.

The Secretary General of the UN, Antonio Guterres urgently demanded a “humanitarian ceasefire” in the small Palestinian territory, transformed into a “cemetery for children.”

“The nightmare in Gaza is more than a humanitarian crisis, it is a crisis of humanity,” said.

Israeli bombings in Gaza left 10,022 dead, most of them civilians, including more than 4,000 childrenaccording to the latest balance of the Ministry of Health of Hamas on Monday.

“Thousands and thousands of civilians die (…) Our men have been killed. “Our volunteers have died,” said the head of the Palestinian Red Crescent, Yunis Al-Khatib.

Guterres He also reiterated his condemnation of the “atrocious terrorist acts” of Hamas on October 7 and attacked this movement that uses “civilians as human shields and continues to fire rockets into Israel indiscriminately.”

Sunday night, The Israeli army announced the intensification of its bombing campaign that will last “several days”in parallel to a ground offensive launched on October 27.

The ground clashes most intense are occurring in the north of the territory, where the city of Loopthat according Israel houses the “center” of Hamas.

“Yes I have fear”

Near the border with Loopyoung Israeli soldiers show their “pride” in serving their country, without hiding their fears. “Yes, I’m a little afraid to go there. “We don’t know if we’re going to come back alive.” says a 20-year-old soldier, whose name cannot be published due to military censorship.

At least 30 Israeli soldiers, according to the army, have been killed since October 27.

Israeli bombings are severely testing the approximately 2.4 million Palestinians, trapped in the 362 km2 of this small territory and deprived of water, electricity and food deliveries.

The siege imposed by Israel began on October 9, when Gaza had already been under an Israeli blockade for more than 16 years. More than 1.5 million people have been displaced, according to the UN.

“It was like a million earthquakes combined (…). We received no warning, nothing, and suddenly we were surprised by missiles falling on our heads, non-stop,” said Saad Abu Sariya after the Israeli attacks on Rafah (south).

Guterres lamented on Monday the insufficient aid that comes through Rafahthe border pass with Egypt. With 569 trucks since October 21, “the trickle of aid is nothing compared to the ocean of needs.” The United Arab Emirates announced on Monday that they will set up a field hospital in Gaza.

On the border of Israel and Lebanon there are also daily exchanges of fire between the Israeli army on the one hand and Hezbollah and its allies, including Hamas, on the other.

Violence has also multiplied in West Banka territory occupied by Israel since 1967, where more than 150 Palestinians have been shot dead by Israeli soldiers or settlers since October 7, according to the Palestinian Authority.