Israel makes “large -scale” strikes in Gaza, and the confrontation ends on the ceasefire

Israeli army He said it hit the goals All parts of Gaza early on Tuesday, it ended a week -long confrontation on the extension of the ceasefire that stopped the fighting in January, when the Palestinian Ministry of Health officials reported at least 100 dead.

The strikes were reported in sites, including Northern Gaza, Gaza City and Deira Al -Bala, Khan Yunis and Rafeh in the Gaza Strip in central and south.

The army, who said it had achieved dozens of targets, said that the strikes would continue as long as it is necessary and will extend beyond the air strikes.

The attacks were much wider than the regular series of drones, and the Israeli army said it had conducted against individuals or small groups of suspect militants and followed weeks of failed efforts to agree to extend the truce, which started on January 19.

Hamas says that Israel has canceled the ceasefire agreement, leaving the fate of 59 hostages who are still being held in Gaza.

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hamas of “repeated rejection of the release of our hostages” and rejected the proposals from US President Donald Trump Steve Witkev.

“Israel will act, from now on, against Hamas with an increase in military force.”

In Washington, a White House spokesman said that Israel had consulted the American administration before the strikes were carried out, which the army said that Hamas leaders and leadership officials are in the middle of the level, as well as the infrastructure belonging to the armed group.

The negotiation of teams from Israel and Hamas in Doha, where brokers from Egypt and Qatar sought to bridge the gap between the two sides after the end of the initial stage of the ceasefire, which witnessed 33 Israeli hostages and five Tays, which was returned by the groups designed in Gaza in exchange for some Basilic prisoners.

Delivered aid delivery

With the support of the United States, Israel was pressuring the return of the 59 hostages of the remaining people who were still detained in Gaza in exchange for a long -term truce that would stop the fighting until after the month of Islamic fasting from the month of Ramadan and the Jewish Passover holiday in April.

However, Hamas insisted on moving to negotiations for a permanent end of war and withdrawing the full Israeli forces from Gaza, according to the terms of the original ceasefire agreement.

He accused each side of the other of not respecting conditions The ceasefire in JanuaryT, and there were many hiccups during the first stage. But so far, the full return to the fight has been avoided.

Israel prevented the delivery of aid from entering Gaza and threatened on many occasions to resume the fighting if Hamas did not agree to return the hostages that they still bear.

The army did not provide details about the strikes that were carried out in the early hours of Tuesday, but the Palestinian health authorities and the witnesses contacted by Reuters reported damage in many areas of Gaza, where hundreds of thousands live in temporary shelters or damaged buildings.

A building was struck in Gaza City, at the northern end of the tape, and at least three houses were hit in the Calle Monastery in the center of Gaza. In addition, the strikes hit targets in the southern cities of Khan Yunis and Rafah, according to paramedics and witnesses.

Many Gaza now lies in ruins 15 months after the fighting, which erupted on October 7, 2023, when thousands of militants led by Hamas attacked the Israeli societies around the Gaza Strip, killing about 1,200 people, according to Israeli families, and kidnapped 251 of the mediocrity in Gaza.

The Israeli campaign was killed in response to more than 48,000 people, according to the Palestinian health authorities, and destroyed a lot of housing and infrastructure in the pocket.