{"id":47791,"date":"2025-09-16T10:04:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T10:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/israel-says-gaza-city-ground-offensive-against-hamas-underway-as-rubio-says-time-running-out-for-peace-deal\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T10:04:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T10:04:22","slug":"israel-says-gaza-city-ground-offensive-against-hamas-underway-as-rubio-says-time-running-out-for-peace-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/israel-says-gaza-city-ground-offensive-against-hamas-underway-as-rubio-says-time-running-out-for-peace-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel says Gaza City ground offensive against Hamas underway, as Rubio says time &#8220;running out&#8221; for peace deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>After a night of heavy airstrikes, the Israeli military announced Tuesday that its expanded operation in Gaza City &#8220;to destroy Hamas&#8217; military infrastructure&#8221; has begun, and warned residents to move south. Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adree announced the expansion of Israel&#8217;s operation in a post on X, renewing a warning for Gaza City&#8217;s <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/gaza-famine-declaration-israel-rejects-un-backed-ipc-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">famine-stricken<\/a><\/span> residents to evacuate.<\/p>\n<p>Many Palestinians \u2014 tens of thousands of whom had sought shelter in Gaza City after fleeing areas further north amid <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/israel-gaza-conflict\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Israel&#8217;s offensive against Hamas<\/a><\/span> \u2014 have said they&#8217;re unable to evacuate due to overcrowding in southern Gaza and the high price of transport.<\/p>\n<p>The Israel Defense Forces announced the launch of the next stage of &#8220;Operation Gideon Chariots,&#8221; saying two divisions had begun pushing into the heart of Gaza City, with two regular divisions operating in the surrounding area. It said a third division would join the operation in the coming days. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They will surround Gaza City on all sides,&#8221; the IDF said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/16\/a391ea6b-8cae-4203-a6c0-6e4ab4555439\/thumbnail\/620x413\/7e5afed84a80c9d6d9abda5645f871b1\/gaza-displaced-ap25259270195190.jpg#\" alt=\"Israel Palestinians Gaza \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/16\/a391ea6b-8cae-4203-a6c0-6e4ab4555439\/thumbnail\/620x413\/7e5afed84a80c9d6d9abda5645f871b1\/gaza-displaced-ap25259270195190.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/16\/a391ea6b-8cae-4203-a6c0-6e4ab4555439\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/2fd89d5a8c2c41279555412a3fe3d847\/gaza-displaced-ap25259270195190.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Displaced Palestinians carry their belongings as they flee northern Gaza along the coastal road toward the south, as Israel announced an expanded operation in Gaza City, Sept. 16, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Abdel Kareem Hana\/AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hospital officials told The Associated Press that Israeli airstrikes overnight in northern Gaza killed at least 20 people.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said &#8220;Gaza is burning,&#8221; as U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio left Israel for Qatar, where he planned to meet with officials still incensed over Israel&#8217;s strike last week that killed five Hamas members and a local security official.<\/p>\n<p> While Arab and Muslim nations denounced the strike at a summit Monday, they stopped short of any major action targeting Israel, highlighting the challenge of diplomatically pressuring any change in Israel&#8217;s conduct in the grinding Israel-Hamas war.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, a team of independent experts commissioned by the United Nations&#8217; Human Rights Council concluded that Israel is committing <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/israel-gaza-war-hamas-death-toll-since-genocide-report-by-global-experts\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">genocide<\/a><\/span> in Gaza. It issued a report Tuesday that calls on the international community to end the genocide and take steps to punish those responsible for it.<\/p>\n<p>Israel has refused to cooperate with the commission and has accused it and the HRC of anti-Israel bias. A statement from Israel&#8217;s Foreign Ministry Tuesday says it &#8220;categorically rejects this distorted and false report.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> Rubio, speaking to journalists before leaving Israel, also indicated that the ground offensive on Gaza City had begun.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;We think we have a very short window of time in which a deal can happen,&#8221; Rubio said. &#8220;We don&#8217;t have months anymore, and we probably have days and maybe a few weeks so it&#8217;s a key moment \u2014 an important moment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Our preference, our No. 1 choice, is that this ends through a negotiated settlement,&#8221; he added, while acknowledging the dangers an intensified military campaign posed to Gaza.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;The only thing worse than a war is a protracted one that goes on forever and ever,&#8221; Rubio said. &#8220;At some point, this has to end. At some point, Hamas has to be defanged, and we hope it can happen through a negotiation. 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