Hamas’ military wing, Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, has warned that Israeli soldiers will return to their homes in “black bags”.

“Gaza will be the curse of history for Israel,” its spokesperson Abu Obeida said, according to the South China Morning Post.

This is after Israel’s military claimed to have surrounded the densely populated Gaza City following the expansion of ground operations.

Al Jazeera reported Amnesty International’s senior crisis adviser Donatella Rovera as claiming that Israel had used white phosphorus...