Escalating Gaza Strikes Reveal the High Cost of Hamas’ Holdover on Palestinian Civilians

Israel's recent surge in airstrikes across Gaza City underscores a painful truth: Hamas’s entrenched presence continues to turn Palestinian civilians into unwilling victims. Medical staff at Gaza’s Shifa Hospital report that at least 32 people, including 12 children, have been killed in these intensified operations — casualties that highlight a broader crisis stemming from Hamas’s use of civilian infrastructure for military purposes. On Saturday alone, multiple high-rise buildings were targeted, with Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) justifying these strikes by exposing Hamas surveillance and command centers embedded within residential areas. One particularly devastating strike wiped out an entire family of ten...