Gaza: 91 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes as truce falters
Reports from medical sources in Gaza indicate that the overnight assault targeted homes, vehicles, tents housing displaced families, and a hospital inside the designated "yellow line" zone.
Israeli air strikes have killed at least 91 Palestinians in Gaza since Tuesday evening, including 24 children, in what Palestinian officials described as a breach of the ceasefire agreement brokered earlier this month.
Reports from medical sources in Gaza indicate that the overnight assault targeted homes, vehicles, tents housing displaced families, and a hospital inside the designated "yellow line" zone, which separates Israeli-occupied Gaza from the remainder of the territory.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the strikes after Tel Aviv officials claimed, without providing any evidence, that an Israeli soldier had been killed by Hamas in the Rafah area of southern Gaza.
Earlier in the day, Netanyahu's office also claimed that Hamas had violated the Gaza ceasefire by handing over remains that did not belong to any of the 13 Israelis still missing in the territory.
However, Hamas denied involvement in the shooting attack incident on Israeli forces, insisting that it remains committed to the ceasefire agreement, whose first phase provided for the release of Israeli hostages in return for about 2,000 Palestinian detainees.
The attacks came despite the truce deal meant to halt hostilities and allow humanitarian and reconstruction efforts to take root.
The ceasefire, in place since October 10 under a 20-point plan mediated by US President Donald Trump, was designed to stabilise Gaza and pave the way for a new administrative structure excluding Hamas from direct control.
Trump has since dismissed claims that the ceasefire had been broken after Israel's overnight strikes on Gaza, which Washington had been briefed about beforehand.
"They killed an Israeli soldier; so the Israeli's hit back," he said, according to CNN.
"Nothing's going to jeopardise the ceasefire," he added.
Additional reports on Wednesday morning indicated that Israel's military announced the ceasefire was back in effect after conducting the overnight airstrikes. The army said it had "resumed enforcement of the ceasefire" under government orders, following the bombardment.
"The IDF will continue to uphold the ceasefire agreement and will respond firmly to any violation of it," said the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF).
According to Gaza health authorities, Israel's ongoing military campaign has killed more than 68,500 people and injured over 170,000 since October 2023, marking one of the deadliest conflicts in recent history.
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