New Delhi, March 30 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said the Hamas leaders can leave the Gaza Strip only if the group abandons its arms as Israel kept up its bombardment of the Palestinian territory. He vowed pressure on Hamas in Gaza and said "military pressure is working" on them, while Israel works to put US President Donald Trump's "voluntary emigration" plan in effect.

On Sunday morning, an Israeli air strike that hit a house and a tent sheltering displaced Palestinians killed at least eight people, including five children, the Gaza civil defence agency said. Israel resumed large-scale bombing in the Palestinian territory on March 18 and then carried out a new ground offensive, ending a nearly two-month ceasef...