A spokesperson for the Israeli military said on Monday that Israel is stepping up the pressure on Hamas in Gaza City.

"The fighters in the field are advancing according to the operational plan," Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said in a video message from Tel Aviv.

"Our fighters in the last few hours, in the 51st Battalion and in other areas, killed a number of terrorists during their movement in deepening the pressure on Gaza City," he continued.

The Israeli army severed northern Gaza from the rest of the besieged territory and pounded it with airstrikes Monday, preparing for expected ground battles with Hamas militants in Gaza's largest city and an even bloodier phase of the month-old war.

Already, the Palestinian death toll surpassed 10,000, the Health Ministry of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip said Monday.

The ministry does not distinguish between fighters and civilians.

Some 1,400 Israelis have died, mostly civilians killed in the Oct. 7 incursion by Hamas that started the war.

The war has quickly become the deadliest Israeli-Palestinian violence since Israel’s establishment 75 years ago, with no end in sight as Israel vows to remove Hamas from power and crush its military capabilities.

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