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Israeli War Chief Refuses Calls to End Gaza Siege

HeadlineApr 16, 2025

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz says his forces will continue their siege of the Gaza Strip, where over 2 million people have gone more than six weeks with no shipments of food, water, medicine and other lifesaving supplies. Katz also said Israel will continue occupying parts of Gaza indefinitely, calling them “security zones,” and pledged Israeli forces will remain in occupied parts of Lebanon and Syria, as well.

Al Jazeera reports at least 19 people have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn today, including 10 people killed in a strike on eastern Gaza City. Meanwhile, The New York Times reports autopsies of the 15 paramedics and rescue workers killed in an Israeli shooting last month died mainly from gunshots to the head or chest. Their bodies were discovered in a mass grave, with the crushed remains of ambulances, a fire truck and a U.N. vehicle buried nearby.

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