Israel launches new strike against Gaza, pledging to “increase military power” against Hamas
Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office said on Monday that Deir Al-Balah in the Gaza Strip – Israel launched a new strike against Hamas and promised to “increase military power” after talking about further hostage releases.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a statement that its military “is currently attacking the Hamas terrorist organization throughout the Gaza Strip with the goal of achieving the war targets set by the political echelon, including the release of all of our hostages – lives and the dead.”
The statement said Israel is resuming military strikes as Hamas repeatedly refused to release his hostages and rejected all offers received from U.S. Presidential envoy Steve Witkov and mediators.
The strike has suspended a 17-month war after nearly two months of ceasefire, in which dozens of hostages were released by nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.
Friday, Hamas Say it has accepted Mediators proposed to release a living United States-Israel hostage and the bodies of four dead binational countries. Netanyahu’s office expressed doubts about the proposal last week, accusing the United States and Israel-appointed terrorist groups of attempting to negotiate in Qatar in the next phase of Israel-Hamas Ceasefire.
In another statement Friday, Hamas official Husam Badran reiterated what he said was Hamas’ commitment to fully implement the ceasefire agreement at all stages, warning that any Israeli deviation from the clause would bring negotiations back to the first aspect.
This is a developing story. It will be updated.
