Israeli strikes on Gaza kill more than 400, in the collapse of the ceasefire

The Israeli forces launched deadly air attacks through the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, where they ended the temporary ceasefire with Hamas, which began in January, and raised the possibility of returning to the comprehensive war.

The Ministry of Health in Gaza said more than 400 people, including children, were killed in strikes. These numbers were not distinguished by civilians and fighters-but the uncompromising Israeli bombing produced one of the most single fees in the war.

The attacks came yet Weeks of non -fruitful negotiations It aims to extend the fragile ceasefire, which temporarily stopped 15 months of devastating fighting in the region. The first stage of the armistice ended in early March, but it had been largely held as diplomats worked to mediate the liberation of the remaining Israeli hostages alive and end the war.

The Benjamin Netanyahu’s office, the Israeli Prime Minister, said that he had ordered the military operation after “frequent Hamas rejection” to release the remaining prisoners who were seized on October 7, 2023 on Israel and the bodies of these hostages who died. Of the 59 remaining in Gaza, it is believed to be less than half alive.

The Prime Minister said: “From now on, Israel will spend against Hamas with an increase in military power,” said the Prime Minister’s office.

In a speech later on Tuesday, Mr. Netanyahu suggested that more Israeli attacks in Gaza are coming and will be carried out along with negotiations with Hamas.

“This is just the beginning,” he said. “We will continue to fight to achieve all the goals of the war.”

Hamas officials have argued that Israel had rudely canceled the truce, but it did not immediately respond to the strikes. It was not clear whether the Palestinian armed group – which was poorly weakened more than a year after the war – would return or go to the negotiating table.

Suhail Al -Hindi, a member of the Hamas political office, said that the group is still hoping to restore the ceasefire but reserves the right to respond. He said in an interview on the phone: “How is the response to the ground.” “They know and understand how to respond to the occupation.”

Jadaoun Saar, the Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, said that the strike decision was taken several days ago, after Hamas rejected proposals presented by Steve Whitkov, the President of President Trump in the Middle East.

“This is not a one -day process,” said Mr. Saar in a speech on Tuesday in Jerusalem. “We will follow the military action in the coming days.

In Israel, the hostages of the hostages said that renewed Israeli attacks had increased their fears that the remaining prisoners may never return. They accused Mr. Netanyahu and his government of abandoning the hostages, and some of them gathered in gatherings calling for an immediate agreement with Hamas to secure their freedom.

“Military action displays the life of the hostages and harms them directly.” free During the last truce, I told a crowd in Tel Aviv. “But this morning, I was terrified of finding that decision makers choose not to listen.”

“Hell passes because of the decision to return to the fight,” added the hostages in Gaza.

The Trump administration-which was seeking to mediate in a deal between Israel and Hamas-would support Israel’s decision to resume widespread attacks in Gaza. Caroline Levitt, the White House press secretary, said Israel had consulted with the United States before launching its attack.

Brian Hughes, a spokesman for the National Security Council in Washington, blamed Hamas for the renewed Israeli attacks, saying in a statement on Tuesday that “Hamas could have released hostages to extend the ceasefire, but instead chose to reject and war.”

The Israeli air strikes in Gaza began a little bit before 2:30 am local time. Their fierceness recalled the early days of the war, when Israel launched severe attacks in the pocket. The pictures of the region showed people who use the light bulbs to search through the rubble of flat buildings, and the bodies lined in the bags and families of astonishment that flee with their packaged property on trucks.

Ramez Suri, a resident of Gaza City, in the north of Al -Jib, said he woke up to the sound of explosions, followed by ambulances.

“Both Gaza shook,” said Mr. Suri.

More than 48,000 Ghazan has been killed since the beginning of the war, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, and millions were displaced.

Mahmoud Basal, a spokesman for the Palestinian Civil Defense, said that many Ghazan had returned to their devastating neighborhoods during the ceasefire. He said they had together in the few homes that remained standing.

“There are entire families buried under the rubble,” said Mr. Basal.

UNICEF said that among those who killed 130 children, the largest number of children’s death in one day last year in Gaza. UNICEF said that the air strikes hit the shelters as they slept with their families.

Susan Abu Daka, who lives in Abasan, one of the southern suburbs of Khan Yunis, described a sudden wave of explosions in the middle of the night. She said she rushed to verify the news, as her family did.

Mrs. Abu Daka said: “Then we saw that it was not only in our area – it was everywhere.”

She said that some bombs struck Abasan. On Tuesday morning, the Israeli army called on the residents of the area to evacuate, describing it as a “dangerous combat zone.”

“The bombing targeted” Hamas military leaders, officials of the Hamas leadership and the terrorist infrastructure. “

Hamas said that two of the group’s senior officials who were killed were members of its political office. Others have played senior security roles, including a director of the internal security agency in Hamas. Another group of Palestinian Islamic jihad said that a spokesman for its military wing had been killed.

Before the start of the air strikes, Israel and Hamas were trying to reach an agreement in the second stage of the armistice. During the first stage, Hamas released more than 30 hostages, and the remains of eight others, compared to more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.

During the second stage, the Israeli forces were fully withdrawn from Gaza, and Hamas had to release the remaining hostages who were seized during the attack on October 7, 2023, which killed about 1,200 people in Israel, kidnapped 251 others and ignited the fighting.

The two sides were unable to agree on the second stage of the ceasefire. Israel still pledges to destroy Hamas as it insists on canceling the grandmother. Hamas greatly rejected its armed battalions.

Critics of Mr. Netanyahu have argued that the Prime Minister has avoided an agreement to be applied with Hamas to end the war and liberate more hostages in order to preserve his political alliance, which includes supporters of the extreme right of the long -term Israeli rule in Gaza.

Daniel B. Shapiro, a former American ambassador to Israel, on Tuesday: “The insistence of Hamas to adhere to the hostages on Karahil, and Netanyahu refused a political drive in the second stage of the ceasefire, which called for the end of the war and the issuance of all living hostages, to this classification.”

Israel has killed thousands of Hamas fighters and destroyed a lot of its tunnel network, which was used, among other things, to store weapons. Hamas’s ability to launch missiles was also undermined in Israel.

Mr. Saar, the Israeli Foreign Minister, suggested that Israel return to the negotiating table if Hamas made great concessions to the future of Gaza.

“If we can achieve the same goals in a different way, then there is nothing wrong,” he said. “But if it is impossible to advance this way, you are resuming military operations.”

Hamas officials pledged that this will not happen – it seems that it leaves both sides in the same position as before. “War and destruction will not bring the enemy as they failed to obtain negotiations,” Izat Rishq, Hamas official, said in a statement.

Reports previously contributed Rasgon manand Efratar Livniand Eric Schmidtand Julian Barnesand Yazak’s mistake and Jonatan Reese.