Israel unleashed its most intense campaign on the Gaza Strip since a January ceasefire, with rescuers reporting more than 200 people killed, prompting Hamas to accuse Benjamin Netanyahu's government of torpedoing the truce.
The strikes were ordered after "Hamas's repeated refusal to release our hostages, as well as its rejection of all of the proposals it has received from US Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff and from the mediators," Mr Netanyahu's office said in a statement.
An Israeli official told AFP that the operation "will continue as long as necessary, and will expand beyond air strikes".
The Hamas-run health ministry reporting that at least 220 Palestinians have been killed.
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170 people were killed in Israel’s airstrikes on the Palestinian enclave, with 78 of them being residents of the southern city of Khan Yunis.
ReplyDeleteThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported of extensive strikes on terror targets belonging to the Hamas Palestinian movement in the Gaza Strip in a statement on its Telegram channel.
ReplyDeleteThe Palestinian movement Hamas has demanded that the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be held fully responsible for violating the agreement on ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
ReplyDelete"We demand that mediators hold Netanyahu <…> fully responsible for violating the [ceasefire] agreement," according to a communique released by the movement on its Telegram channel.
The movement also urged the League of Arab States and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation "to assume the historical responsibility by supporting the firmness and brave resistance of our Palestinian people and breaking the tough blockade of the Gaza Strip.".
More than 20 Israeli war planes flew over, they said. The planes then began to hit targets in Gaza City, Rafah and Khan Younis.
ReplyDeleteIn a statement, Hamas said "Netanyahu and his extremist government have decided to overturn the ceasefire agreement, exposing the prisoners in Gaza to an unknown fate".
ReplyDeleteIsrael's Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, warned Hamas to release all the hostages, stating "we will show no mercy on our enemies".
ReplyDeleteHamas' 7 October attack resulted in 1,218 deaths on the Israeli side, mostly civilians, while Israel's retaliatory response in Gaza has killed at least 48,572 people, also mostly civilians, according to data from both sides.
ReplyDeleteUS President Donald Trump's administration was consulted by Israel prior to carrying out the strikes, a White House spokesperson told Fox News.
ReplyDeleteDes frappes israéliennes, d'une ampleur sans précédent depuis l'entrée en vigueur de la trêve, se sont abattues sur le terriroire dans la nuit de lundi à mardi. La Défense civile du territoire a fait état d'au moins 220 morts.
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