The Israeli army said in a statement in Arabic in a telegraph that the strike was “an expansion of the Gaza Strip in the Gaza Strip with the aim of achieving all the objectives of the war, including the release of the kidnapped and the defeat of Hamas”.
Gaza civil defense agency earlier said Israel’s strike against Gaza killed 100 people on Friday.
Israel faces pressure to lift a huge aid blockade in exchange for Hamas’ release of the United States-Israeli hostages to show taxes, an offensive type known as “Gideon’s chariot.”
Israel resumed its military offensive in Gaza on March 18 after a two-month armistice in the war with Hamas, triggered by a Palestinian group attack in October 2023.
According to official figures, the attack killed 1,218 people on the Israeli side, mainly civilians.
Of the 251 hostages taken during the attack, 57 remained in Gaza, including 34 of the military said they were dead.
The Ministry of Health, which operates the territory in Hamas, said 2,985 people have been killed since Israel resumed strikes on March 18, with the overall loss of the war at 53,119.
Israeli media reported on Friday that the military stepped up its offense in an effort to approve the government-approved plan earlier this month, although there was no formal announcement of an expanded campaign.
The military said its troops “strike more than 150 terrorist targets across the Gaza Strip” within 24 hours.
