Israel is “carving up” the Gaza Strip in a bid to pressure Hamas into freeing hostages and will establish a new corridor, parallel to the Egyptian border, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said with the army escalating ground operations in the south.

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Wednesday that Israel is establishing a new security corridor across Gaza as the country said it planned to seize large areas of the Palestinian territory and launched a wave of strikes that Palestinian health officials said killed more than 40 people.

Last month, the Israeli military retook control of the Netzarim Corridor, which splits Gaza in two in the north, as part of the 19 January ceasefire deal. View on euronews

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu begins a four-day visit to Hungary on Thursday, defying an International Criminal Court arrest warrant over allegations of war crimes in Gaza as Israel has expanded its military operation in the enclave.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is visiting Hungary this week in defiance of an International Criminal Court warrant demanding his immediate arrest. Netanyahu touched down in Budapest on Wednesday and will spend four days in the country on a trip that is,