Israel, US overturn the ceasefire agreement with Hamas

More than 300 killed as Israel breaking ceasefire with Hamas  

Israel’s military launched a large-scale bombing campaign on the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, breaking the fragile ceasefire with Hamas that has been in place since late January. At least 326 people have been killed and more than 400 others wounded, Gaza’s Health Ministry said. An Israeli official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly, said the “series of preemptive strikes” targeted Hamas leadership and infrastructure, following weeks of stagnant negotiations. “We thought it was done, and suddenly it returns again,” Ahmed, a father of three in Gaza City, said over the phone. “We don’t know where is safe or not safe. No one knows.”

“Netanyahu and his extremist government have decided to overturn the ceasefire agreement, exposing the prisoners in Gaza to an unknown fate,” Hamas said in a statement Tuesday, referring to the hostages who remain in Gaza. “We demand that the mediators hold Netanyahu and the Zionist occupation fully responsible for violating and overturning the agreement.” There has been no immediate sign of the militant group retaliating against the Israeli strikes. No sirens have sounded in Israel on Tuesday.

Israel consulted U.S. about Gaza strikes, White House press secretary says

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Israel consulted the United States about the strikes in the Gaza Strip, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News’s “Hannity” show on Monday. “As President Trump has made it clear, Hamas, the Houthis, Iran, all those who seek to terrorize not just Israel, but also the United States of America, will see a price to pay. All hell will break loose,” she said.

Doctor describes desperate scenes at Gaza hospital, as officials report 326 dead

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Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed at least 326 Palestinians since dawn on Tuesday, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which said “a number of victims are still under the rubble, and efforts are underway to retrieve them.”

Tuesday’s attacks were the deadliest since a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began in late January. The Health Ministry appealed for blood donations earlier Tuesday.

More than 48,000 people have been killed in Gaza since the war began, according to figures released Monday by the Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants but says the majority of the dead are women and children.

Feroze Sidhwa, an American surgeon working at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, said the hospital had been flooded with civilian casualties.

“Mostly children,” he said. “Some women, a smattering of men.”

Sidhwa said he had worked in the operating room all night, and lost count of the surgeries he completed. There had been a 2- or 3-year-old girl with shrapnel in her brain and her spleen; a 6-year-old boy whose heart had briefly stopped and whose belly was sliced through with shrapnel; and another 6-year-old, Sidhwa said. One of the most badly wounded, a 29-year-old woman, was the sister of a nurse at the hospital. As the sun rose, a crowd was growing outside the hospital morgue, he added.🔺

Source: The Washington Post