JERUSALEM, Israel – As Israel's ground operation in Gaza City kicks into high gear, the Israel Defense Forces say Hamas has turned Gaza into the largest human shield ever, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced he's again been invited to visit the White House.

He's due at the White House after he addresses the United Nations later this month. It will be his fourth meeting on Pennsylvania Avenue since President Donald Trump took office in January.

Netanyahu, who watched from a military command center as the Israeli Air Force launched a retaliatory attack on the Houthis' key port in Yemen on Tuesday, said nearly 400,000 Gazans have fled the Gaza City area as Israeli troops penetrate deeper into the last Hamas stronghold.

On Tuesday, the prime minister declared, "Today I gave an o

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