Israel's Netanyahu visited Gaza Tuesday: PM's office
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a rare visit to Gaza Tuesday, his office announced, as the military pressed on with its air and ground assault against the Palestinian territory.
"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the northern Gaza Strip today," a statement from his office said.
The military resumed its offensive on Gaza on March 18, ending a two-month ceasefire with Hamas that had largely halted the fighting in the war-battered territory.
Since then, Israeli forces have seized large parts of the territory as hundreds of thousands of people fled from areas where the military intensified its assault.
Senior Israeli officials including Netanyahu have repeatedly said that only military pressure would force Hamas into releasing the remaining hostages held in Gaza.