On March 18, the Israeli military announced that it was carrying out "wide-ranging attacks" on the Gaza Strip, as ceasefire negotiations stalled.
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| Israel launched a large-scale attack on the Gaza Strip in the early morning of March 18. (Source: Ynet News) |
According to THX , in a post on Telegram , the Israeli army said that they are currently "conducting large-scale attacks" on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, but no further details were available.
Meanwhile, on the same day, AFP news agency quoted a statement from the Israeli government saying that the large-scale attacks took place after "Hamas repeatedly refused to release our hostages, as well as rejected all proposals received from US Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff and intermediaries".
The statement added that Israel would now act with "increased military force" against Hamas.
For his part, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on the same day that he had ordered the army to "take strong action against Hamas in the Gaza Strip", launching a wave of airstrikes across this Palestinian land.
Meanwhile, the White House said Israel had consulted with the US about the aforementioned attack on Gaza.
Reuters news agency quoted medical staff as saying that at least 100 Palestinians, including many children, were killed in a large-scale Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip on March 18.
A senior Hamas official accused Israel of unilaterally ending the ceasefire agreement with major attacks on the Gaza Strip in the early morning of March 18.
According to Hamas, Prime Minister Netanyahu and his government "decided to overturn the ceasefire agreement, leaving the prisoners in Gaza to an unknown fate".
AFP quoted Hamas Political Bureau member Izzat al-Rishq as saying that Israel has relaunched a large-scale military campaign in the Gaza Strip, breaking the relatively peaceful period since the ceasefire took effect in January.
He assessed that the Israeli Prime Minister is using the war as a political "lifebuoy" to distract public opinion from internal crises.
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