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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Israel will increase "military pressure" on the Palestinian militant group Hamas to secure the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
"In the coming days we will increase the military and political pressure on Hamas because this is the only way to free our hostages," Netanyahu said in a video statement on the eve of the Jewish holiday of Passover.
Despite an international outcry, Netanyahu has repeatedly said the army will launch a ground assault on Rafah, a southern Gaza town that has so far escaped an Israeli invasion and where more than 1.5 million Palestinians have sought refuge.
The incident took place after Palestinian authorities said Israeli forces killed some 14 people in a raid on the Nur Shams refugee camp in the north of the West Bank.
"At a time when our soldiers are fighting the monsters of terror, the intention to impose sanctions on an IDF unit is the height of absurdity and a moral low," Netanyahu wrote.
Member of the Israeli war Cabinet Benny Gantz said imposing the sanctions would send the wrong message "to our common enemies" and set a dangerous precedent.
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