Israel launched a new wave of airstrikes in Gaza on the second day when it resumed its attacks on its destroyed Palestinian territory.
The attack was far less than the massive early morning strike on Tuesday, killing more than 400 people and crushing relatively calm since the January 19 ceasefire suspending the 18-month war.
Three people died in an Israeli airstrike at a home outside Sabla in Gaza city, with another bombing leaving two people dead and six people injured in a town north of Beit Hanong, according to Gaza city officials.
Mahmoud Bassar, a spokesman for Gaza's civil defense agency, has increased the death toll, saying 13 people have died since midnight, including some of the city of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza.
There were also reports that Israeli drones fired on several fishing boats in Gaza City.
The Israeli Defence Force (IDF) said the new strike was against “the location of Hamas military in northern Gaza, where preparations were being made to launch projectiles,” and “several vessels in the coastal regions of the Gaza Strip… against “terrorists” targets, including Hamas and Islamic jihad.” [armed group]”.
Issued IDF New evacuation order On Wednesday, residents were told to move south and west across the northern Gaza belt to avoid “dangerous combat zones.”
Approximately 100,000 Palestinians are estimated to be affected by a series of evacuation orders over the past 24 hours, which could suggest that the IDF is planning a ground project.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Tuesday that the strike was “only the beginning” and that future negotiations with Hamas “only happen under fire.”
“Hamas has already felt the strength of our arms in the last 24 hours, and I want to make a promise to you. And this is just the beginning,” the Israeli Prime Minister said in a video statement.
Israel and Hamas have accused each other of violating the armistice that has been held widely since January and has provided rest to Gaza's 2.3 million residents.
Around 1,200 people, primarily civilians, died in a shocking attack on Israel in October 2023, causing war. Israeli attacks in Gaza have killed more than 49,000 people. This is also mainly civilians.
Netanyahu and other Israeli officials said the decision has come to renew the attack in Gaza after Hamas rejected a proposal to extend the first phase of the three-phase ceasefire, which came into effect in January but became effective earlier this month. They consulted with the Trump administration before the strike proceeded.
Hamas, which holds 59 of the approximately 250 hostages seized in the October 2023 attack, says he wants to close the signed three-phase ceasefire deal. It is believed that more than half of the hostages are dead.
Israel refused to discuss the second phase of the contract. This is intended to lead to hostilities, the withdrawal of all Israeli forces from Gaza, and the return of all hostages. It also re-imagined the strict territorial blockade and cut off the remaining power.
The second phase should have started in early March under a ceasefire agreement drafted under the administration of former US President Joe Biden.
“Hamas has not closed the door to negotiations, but it claims that a new agreement is not necessary,” Hamas official Taha al-Nunu said Wednesday.
Nunu urged the international community to “take urgent action” to end the war, accusing Israel of “violating the signed ceasefire agreement.”
Critics accused Netanyahu of resuming attacks to strengthen his coalition government before a key budget vote in Congress, garnering support for the war in the face of popular support for a ceasefire, and taking away the Singh Bett at his attempt to fire the heads of internal security services.
Tens of thousands of people are protesting new attacks, highlighting Israel's deep divisions. Congressmen sought a review after police forced dispersed activists who protested the resumption of the war on Tuesday.
The Prime Minister's Office said early on Wednesday that the Israeli government had “unanimously approved” his proposal to re-appoint far-right politician Itamar Ben Gwil as Minister of National Security.
Ben Goville left the government in protest of a ceasefire agreement agreed in January, but said it would return if the war resumed.
The second far-right minister returned is Amichai Eliyahu, who was temporarily suspended in November 2023, suggesting that the use of nuclear weapons in Gaza is an option during the war.
Analysts said Israel has launched a strike to “break the deadlock.”
Professor Danny Obach, a military history expert at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, said: [of the ceasefire agreement]. That would have meant Hamas would have to stay in Gaza, take power, and Israel would have to lift the siege too… there was a total disconnect between the interests of both sides. ”
The IDF said sirens were fired on parts of southern Israel on Wednesday night after detection of missile launches from Yemen. The missiles were successfully intercepted by Israeli air defense systems.
Yemen-based Houtis has attacked Israel and international transport in the Red Sea since the start of the war in Gaza. The United States recently launched a concentrated airstrike on Iran-backed militias.
