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Israel PM orders talks to free 'all our hostages' as army pounds Gaza City

Destroyed buildings in the besieged Palestinian territory, on August 21, 2025. [AFP]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that he had ordered immediate negotiations aimed at freeing all the remaining hostages in Gaza, as Israeli troops hammered the territory's largest city ahead of a major planned offensive.

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