Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered Israeli forces to launch attacks on the Gaza Strip. “Following security consultations, Prime Minister Netanyahu ordered the army to immediately carry out heavy strikes in the Gaza Strip”published the office of the head of Government in rede social X.
The announcement comes after the prime minister’s office indicated that Netanyahu would consult the leaders of defense institutions on the response to what he considers to be violations of the ceasefire agreement by Hamas.
According to the news agency Reutersan Israeli Army official said that Hamas attacked Israeli forces in the area under the country’s control. Furthermore, Israel claims that the remains delivered on Monday corresponded to a hostage whose body was recovered by military forces about two years ago and are not any of the hostages still in Gaza.
Meanwhile, the Lusa news agency reported that the armed wing of Hamas planned to return the body of a hostage recently found in a tunnel in the Gaza Strip. Delivery to the Red Cross was scheduled for 8pm local time (6pm in mainland Portugal), but plans changed. Hamas announced that it will postpone the return due to “violations of the ceasefire agreement by the occupation”reported the newspaper “The Times of Israel”.
This Tuesday, the Israeli association Forum for the Families of the Hostages called for an urgent meeting with the prime minister and called for action against Hamas. The group claims that “Hamas knows the location of the hostages and continues to act with contempt, deceiving the United States and mediators while dishonoring our loved ones”having requested government intervention. “The Israeli Government cannot and should not ignore this, and must act decisively against these violations”also published in rede social X.
Before the announcement of new attacks, Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid was against a return to large-scale fighting against Hamas, telling the electronic edition of the newspaper “Be fated”that the return of the bodies of murdered hostages is a complex process and that “find or extract some” It will take time, reported Lusa. “This does not justify the resumption of large-scale fighting”disse Lapid.
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