Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu says no peace until Hamas destroyed

Palestinians gather near the rubble of a building following Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 26, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. PHOTO / AFP

What you need to know:

  • The withering military campaign launched after the Hamas attacks of October 7 has caused mass civilian casualties and widespread hunger and reduced much of the coastal territory to rubble.
  • Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said an Israeli air strike in Syria had killed the senior Quds Force commander Razi Moussavi, and President Ebrahim Raisi vowed Israel "will certainly pay for this crime".