As his troops and tanks close in on Gaza City, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed a swift victory over Hamas even as one of his top generals suggested the war could last at least another year.

International concern is rising about the fate of Palestinian civilians already suffering from mass displacement and severe food shortages that the U.N. designates as famine in places.

Some European powers are poised to recognize Palestinian statehood in defiance of Israeli and U.S. arguments that such a move amounts to rewarding Hamas for the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel that triggered the war in Gaza and across the region.

Netanyahu — whose government denies there’s famine in Gaza — described Gaza City, the enclave’s de facto capital, as Hamas’ “last important stronghold,” whose

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