JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz announced a major expansion of the military operation in Gaza on Wednesday and said large areas of the enclave would be seized and added to the security zones of Israel.
He said in a statement there would be a large scale evacuation of the population from fighting areas and called on Gazans to eliminate Hamas and return Israeli hostages, saying this was the only way to end the war.
(Reporting by James Mackenzie; Editing by Himani Sarkar)
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