Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday evening that Israel “resumed fighting with its full power” against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
In a challenging video statement, he warned that “negotiations will only continue under fire” and that “this is just a beginning.”
His comments came after Israeli aircraft fired huge air strikes against what the army said were Hamas targets in Gaza.
The Hamas -running Ministry of Health, and 400 people were killed in the attacks. Hundreds more wounds.
The wave of strikes was heavier since the ceasefire began on January 19.
The fragile truce often held it so far, but this new wave of attacks indicates that plans for a permanent end of war may be outside the table.
The air strikes that struck the house of Lahia, well On Tuesday, I broke the relative peace that Ghazan had been since January, and hospitals are over again with losses.
Egypt has condemned the attacks on Gaza, a mediator in the talks.
Tamim Khalaf, a spokesman for the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that the air strikes are a “flagrant violation” of the ceasefire agreement and represented a “serious escalation”.
“The attacks were so surprising that the number of medical staff available was not enough for the size of these major strikes, and additional teams were called immediately to help,” Mohamed Zakot, Director General of Gaza Hospitals in Gaza, told BBC Arabic.
In his speech, Netanyahu said that Israel tried to negotiate with Hamas to release the Israeli hostages who were still detained in Gaza. Hamas was accused of rejecting the proposals every time.
Israel and Hamas have not agreed on how to take the ceasefire deal since the end of the first phase in early March, after many Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners.
The deal includes three phases, and negotiations in the second stage were supposed to have started six weeks ago – but this did not happen.
Instead, the agreement was offered in the event of uncertainty when the United States and Israel wanted to change the conditions of the deal, to extend the first stage that will witness more hostages.
This would have delayed the beginning of the second stage, which was supposed to establish a permanent and required ceasefire from the Israeli forces to withdraw from Gaza.
However, Hamas rejected this proposed change of the agreement that brokered Dhana, Qatari and the Egyptian brokers, describing it unacceptable.
On Tuesday evening, Netanyahu said that Israel will continue to fight in order to achieve all the goals of the war – to “restore the hostages, get rid of Hamas and ensure that Hamas is not a threat to Israel.”
Officials said the US President Donald Trump’s administration was consulted by Israel before the strikes were carried out.
“It was possible for the hostage enthusiasm to extend the ceasefire, but instead chose to reject and war,” said Brian Hughes, a US National Security Council spokesman.
Hamas has warned against the resumption of violence by Israel “imposing the death penalty” on the remaining hostages who were held in Gaza, and accused Israel of trying to force it to surrender.
“It was very surprising … everyone’s mood was broken because we knew it was the beginning of the war again.”
Dr. Das said that her colleagues at Nasr Hospital “every night work” because “collective injuries have begun to appear again.”
A group representing the hostages of the hostages accused the Israeli government of choosing “giving up the hostages” by launching new strikes – and was protesting outside the Israeli parliament.
News of the strikes terrified some Israeli hostages families who were still being held by Hamas.
“The Israeli government is not perfect, and Israel does not do enough, because my brothers are not at home,” said Liran Berman, whose twin brothers in Gaza are still in Gaza.
“But if Hamas wants, the hostages will return. They are in their hands.”
Israel says Hamas is still carrying 59 hostages, and it is believed that 24 of them are alive.
Gety picturesThe war was run when Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 to Gaza as a prisoner.
Israel has received a huge military attack, killing more than 4,800 Palestinians, says the Hamas -running Ministry of Health in Gaza, and caused a major destruction of homes and infrastructure.
