Last night, the Israeli defense forces (IDF) and the Israeli security agency (Shin Bet) have launched a series of vast scale attacks against objectives related to the organization Hamas in the Gaza strip. The attacks were supervised by the Chief of Staff of the Idf Eyal Zamir and the head of the Shin Bet Ronen Bar from the Kirya base to Tel Aviv. The Israeli army stated that the attacks on the Gaza Strip were started after the IDF identified preparations by Hamas to launch attacks against Israel, while the organization reorganized and regained. According to the Ministry of information of Gaza, controlled by Hamas, at least 300 people were killed in Israeli raids, who would hit dozens of goals. Subsequently, the budget was updated to 308 victims, although these figures have not been confirmed independently.
Local sources in the Gaza strip have reported to Kan 11 News That Mahmoud Abu WatfaHead of Hamas in Gaza’s internal security, he was killed in the attacks. It was also reported that Mohammed Abu Ubaida al-Jammasimember of the Hamas political office in the Gaza Strip e Issam al-Da’alismember of the Hamas political office, have been eliminated. The Prime Minister’s Office said that “the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Minister of Defense Israel Katz They ordered the IDF to adopt severe measures against the Hamas terrorist organization in the Gaza strip. It follows the repeated refusal of Hamas to release our hostages, as well as the refusal of all the proposals received from the US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff and the mediators “. The Hamas terrorist organization responded to the new Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian jihadists in a note said: “Netanyahu and Israel have full responsibility for the consequences of the infidal attack in Gaza. Netanyahu and his extremist government are making the decision to cancel the agreement of the fire and are exposing the hostages to Gaza to an unknown destiny. We ask that the mediators consider Netanyahu and Israel fully responsible for violating the agreement and canceled it ».
The answer of Brian Hughesspokesman for the Board for National Security of the White House that a Times of Israel He said: “Hamas could have released the hostages to extend the ceasefire, but instead he chose the refusal and war.” Previously, the White House had confirmed that she was consulted in advance by Israel regarding the raids on the Gaza Strip. The spokesman for the White House, Karoline Leavitt To the question if the attacks in Gaza are the beginning of the fulfillment of the promise of Trump according to which “hell will be unleashed” to Gaza if Hamas will not release the hostages, Leavitt replied: “Well, the Trump administration and the White House were consulted by the Israelis on their attacks in Gaza tonight and, as President Trump, Hamas, the Houthi, the Iran and Iran, To terrorize not only Israel but also the United States of America will have a price to pay ». Defense Minister Israel Katz who ordered the closure of the pass Rafah Between Gaza and Egypt he commented on the resumption of fighting in Gaza and said: “If Hamas does not release all the hostages, the gates of hell will open up to Gaza and the killers and rapists of Hamas will face the IDF with intensity never seen before. We will not stop fighting until all hostages return home and all war goals will not be achieved ».
The resumption of the fighting took place two days after that Netanyahufollowing an in -depth discussion on the question of the hostages, in which Ministers participated, the negotiating team and the leaders of the Israeli defense, commissioned the negotiating team to prepare to continue the interviews for the immediate release of 11 living hostages and about half of those who died, as per the response of the mediators to the proposal of the advance in the Middle East Steve Witkoff. The US mediator last Friday had expressed all his skepticism by saying: “Unfortunately Hamas chose to respond by publicly declaring flexibility, while he secretly presents completely impossible requests to be made without a ceased fire”. Then Witkoff had launched a warning to the Palestinian jihadists: «Hamas is making a bad bet believing that time is on his side. This is not the case. Hamas is well aware of the deadline and must understand that we will respond accordingly if it will pass ».
According to the new proposal of Witkoff, the ceased the fire was extended by 50 days and Israel would have released the condemned terrorists, in exchange for the release of some hostages. During this period the talks should be resumed on the second phase of the agreement, which provided for the complete withdrawal of Israel from Gaza. However, the repeated violations of the ceasefire by Hamas and his choice to continue the conflict have compromised the process.
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