ISRAEL launched devastating airstrikes in opposition to Hamas terrorists in Gaza within the early hours of this morning.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu stated he ordered the blitz – the heaviest for the reason that ceasefire started in January – due to an absence of progress in talks with the phobia group.
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His defence minister stated Israel had resumed preventing within the Strip whereas vowing to press forward till all remaining Israeli hostages have been launched from Hamas’ grasp.
“If Hamas doesn’t launch all of the kidnapped, the gates of hell will open in Gaza and Hamas’ murderers and rapists will meet the IDF with forces they’ve by no means recognized earlier than,” Defence Minister Israel Katz warned.
“We won’t cease preventing till all of the kidnapped return dwelling and all of the battle’s targets are achieved.”
The terrorists nonetheless have round 59 of the 251 hostages they first kidnapped with brute power in the course of the horrors of October 7.
The Israeli army stated it had struck Hamas targets throughout Gaza – ending a weeks-long standoff over extending the ceasefire.
Greater than 100 individuals have reportedly been killed within the strikes, in response to Palestinian well being ministry officers.
The devastating strikes have been reported in a number of areas, together with northern Gaza, Gaza Metropolis and the Deir al-Balah, Khan Younis and Rafah in central and southern Gaza Strip.
The IDF stated the blitz would proceed for so long as needed and would lengthen past air strikes.
The assaults have been far wider in scale than the common collection of drone strikes the Israeli army has stated it has carried out in opposition to people or small teams of suspected militants and follows weeks of failed efforts to agree an extension to the truce agreed on January 19.
The shock assault shattered a interval of relative calm and raised the prospect of a full return to preventing.
It additionally raised questions concerning the destiny of the roughly two dozen Israeli hostages nonetheless held by Hamas terrorists who’re nonetheless believed to be alive.
Netanyahu’s workplace accused Hamas of “repeated refusal to launch our hostages” and rejecting proposals from U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff.
“Israel will, any more, act in opposition to Hamas with rising army energy,” it stated in a press release.
In Washington, a White Home spokesperson stated Israel had consulted the U.S. administration earlier than it carried out the strikes, which the army stated focused mid-level Hamas commanders and management officers in addition to infrastructure belonging to the phobia group.
The strikes come simply days after Netanyahu threatened the Hamas terrorists with “penalties you may’t think about” if the Israeli hostages weren’t freed.
In 2025, thirty-three Israeli captives have been returned within the first part of the ceasefire – together with eight our bodies.
Three of the our bodies returned to Israel included mum Shiri Bibas and her two younger sons Kfir and Ariel.
Final month noticed household lastly laid to relaxation as they held a touching funeral procession by means of Israel.
Their heartbroken dad, who was held hostage by Hamas, led hundreds of griefstricken Israelis who lined the streets simply days after their our bodies have been handed over by their captors.
Inside October 7
ON OCTOBER 7, 2023, Hamas launched a brutal shock assault on Israel, marking one of many darkest days within the nation’s historical past.
Terrorists stormed throughout the border from Gaza, killing over 1,200 individuals — most of them civilians — and kidnapping 250 others, together with girls, kids, and the aged.
The coordinated assault noticed closely armed fighters infiltrate Israeli cities, kibbutzim, and army bases, unleashing indiscriminate violence.
Harmless households have been slaughtered of their houses, and graphic footage of the atrocities unfold throughout social media, leaving the world in shock.
And in addition to attacking individuals of their houses, they stormed the Nova music peace competition – killing at the very least 364 individuals there alone.
The bloodbath triggered a swift and large retaliatory response from Israel, escalating right into a full-scale battle.
The assault not solely reignited long-standing tensions within the area but additionally left deep scars on each side of the battle, setting the stage for the 15 months of devastation that adopted.
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