The United States called on Israeli leaders not to resume the military offensive in the Gaza Strip unless there is a concrete plan to protect Palestinian civilians.
The ceasefire maintained by Israel and Hamas was broken this Friday morning and Israel has resumed the bombing of Gaza, after seven days of ceasefire that allowed the release of some hostages captured by the Islamist group in exchange for the release of Palestinians prisoners.
Israel assures that it was Hamas that initiated the attacks and that for this reason “the fighter planes of the Israeli Defense Forces currently attacking Hamas terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip“.
The Gaza Interior Ministry, controlled by Hamas, has in turn confirmed that “Israeli aircraft are flying over the Gaza Strip and their vehicles have opened fire in the northwest of the enclave.”
According to Palestinian media, the Israeli attacks are covering the north and south of the Palestinian enclave, including residential areas, and have already caused new injuries. In addition, Hamas militants confront Israeli ground forces on the Salah Al Din road, which served for the evacuation of displaced persons from the north to the south of the Gaza Strip.
Thursday was the seventh and final day of a ceasefire negotiated by Qatar, Egypt and the United States, through an agreement that included the release of hostages in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons and the access of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. .
In total it is 105 hostages were releasedincluding 81 Israelis and 24 foreigners, and 240 Palestinian prisoners releasedall women and minors.
The armistice that began November 24marked a lull in the war that broke out on October 7 after an attack by Hamas’ armed wing that saw thousands of rockets launched toward Israel and the infiltration of about 3,000 militiamen who massacred about 1,200 people and kidnapped another 240 in Israel. villages near the Gaza Strip.
Since then, and until the day the ceasefire began, Israeli forces waged a brutal offensive by air, land and sea on the Palestinian enclave. 15,000 deads, thousands of other people buried under the rubble, and nearly two million displaced people experiencing a serious humanitarian crisis due to the collapse of hospitals and the shortage of housing, drinking water, food, medicine and electricity.
On Thursday, during an official visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Israeli leaders not to resume the military offensive in the Gaza Strip unless he concrete plan to protect Palestinian civilians.
Qatar worked with its regional and international partners to create a permanent armisticedespite increasing international pressure in that regard.
Source: EITB
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