Tens of thousands of reservists started to report for duty on Tuesday ahead of a new Israeli offensive in Gaza City as more than 80 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes in the past 24 hours, according to local health officials.

Israeli Army Radio said that some 40,000 reservists would report for duty on Tuesday for the Gaza City offensive. The military said it was readying logistically for the intake of reservists ahead of the offensive, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to speed up, despite warnings from senior ranks.

Israel's security cabinet, chaired by Netanyahu, approved a plan last month to expand the campaign in Gaza with the aim of taking Gaza City, where Israeli forces waged fierce urban warfare with Hamas in the early stages of the war. Israel currently holds ab

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