Tel Aviv, Aug. 21 -- IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, commenting on Israeli campaign to occupy the entirety of the Gaza Strip, said the military is pushing ahead with its plans to capture Gaza City during a visit to southern Gaza's Khan Younis earlier today.

"We are advancing with the efforts for action in Gaza City. We already have forces operating on the outskirts of the city, and additional forces will join them later," Gen Zamir told personnel of the Kfir Infantry Brigade and 188th Armoured Brigade, who repelled a Hamas attack on their encampment yesterday, reports Times Of Israel.

"Our missions remain the release of the hostages and the defeat of Hamas; we will not rest and will not stop until we complete them. Achieving t...