According to AFP on April 16, the Israeli military announced on the 16th that it had turned 30% of the area in the Gaza Strip into a buffer zone.

  Gaza Civil Defense Department reported that 11 Palestinians were killed in new Israeli bombings on the 16th, including women and children.

  According to reports, the Israeli military pointed out in a statement: "About 30% of Gaza's areas have been designated as safe zones."

  The military also said that since March 18, they have air strikes about 1,200 "terrorist targets" and carried out more than 100 "targeted clearance" operations.

  The report also said that the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad, which is a Palestinian militant group, has released a video. In the video, a living Israeli-German hostage called himself Rom Braslavsky, a security guard who was only 21 years old when he was kidnapped.

  In this nearly seven-minute video, the hostage begged Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump to rescue him.

  The report also said that the Israeli Prime Minister's Office announced on the evening of the 16th that Netanyahu "sold an assessment meeting with the negotiating team and senior security officials on the issue of hostages" and "the Prime Minister has instructed to continue to work hard to get the hostages to be released."

  Israel Defense Minister Isreel Katz also said: "No humanitarian aid will enter Gaza." (Translated by Lin Xiaoxuan)

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