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Israel launches “extensive strikes” on Gaza with more than 100, allegedly killed star-news.press/wp

Rushdi Abualuf and George Wright

Cairo and London reporting

Explosions seen through Gaza as an Israeli army launches new strikes against Hamas

The Israeli Army says that the treadse is performed by “extensive strikes”, with the Hamas-Run Health Report, which amounts to that at least 130 Palestinians were killed.

Israeli defense forces (IDF) said targeting what is called “terrorist goals” belonging to Hamas.

Mahmoud Abu Wafah, Deputy Interior Minister in Gaza and the highest ranked Hamas security officer in the territory, was allegedly killed on strike.

This is the largest wave of air strikes in Gaza because the ceasefire started on the 19th. January. Talks with extension of gauze truce did not achieve a deal.

Many had their pre-dawn meal, because the Holy Month was Ramadan, when the explosions began in Gaza, witnesses say.

More than 20 Israeli airplanes flew, they said. The planes then began to guess the goals in Gaza, Rafah and Khan Younis.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Minister of Defense Israel Katz ordered a strike on Tuesday morning, according to the PM Office statement.

“This is followed by Hamass’s repetition of refusal to release our hostages, as well as his refusal of all proposals that he received from the American presidential envoy Steve Witkoff and from the mediator,” he said.

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

The Strike Plan “presented the IDF over the weekend and approved political leaders,” he said.

Hamas responded furiously, accusing Israel issues for annulment of the break-up agreement. He also says Israel exposes the remaining Israeli hostages held in Gaza to “unknown destiny”.

But Hamas has not yet stated that it continues the war, instead calls on mediators and the United Nations to intervene.

Israel advised US President Donald Trump before the performance of strikes, the spokeswoman of the White House said Fox News.

Reuters Mahmoud Abu Watfa attends training in Gaza City in January 2020. years.Reuters

Mahmoud Abu Wafah, the highest ranking Hamass’s security officer in the territory, was reportedly killed (Photo from 2020)

Negotiators are trying to find the way forward after the first phase of the temporary handle ended 1. March.

The United States has proposed the expansion of the first phase to the middle of April, including further exchange of hostages held by Hamas and Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.

But the Palestinian official acquainted with the conversations told the BBC that Israel and Hamas did not agree over the key aspects of the contract established by Witkoff on indirect talks.

The latest war between Israel and Hamas began on 7. October 2023. year, when Hamas killed more than 1,200 people in Southern Israel, mostly civilians, with 251 hostages taken.

The attack was initiated by an Israeli military offensive, which has since killed more than 48,520 people, most of them civilians, according to the data from the Hamas-Thing Health, which use the UN and others.

Most treads of 2.1 million population were displaced several times.

It is estimated that 70% of buildings were damaged or destroyed, health, water and sanitary systems have collapsed and has a lack of food, fuel, medications and shelters.

2025-03-18 03:16:00

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