Hamas – Ministry of Operations and Health says at least 85 people died in the strike in Gaza, New Israel
Hamas – The Ministry of Operations and Health said at least 85 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli air strike.
A few hours later, Israeli troops said it intercepted three rockets, and Hamas' armed wing said it fired a gun at Tel Aviv.
According to the Ministry of Health, this is the following after Israel resumed bombing campaigns and ground operations on the territory this week, and air strikes have killed more than 430 people in the past two days.
The IDF said on Thursday it started ground operations in northern Gaza. Massive military operations have ceased since the ceasefire began in January.
The Gaza Ministry of Health also reported that 133 people were injured in the latest attack on Thursday.
Israel resumed the attack on Tuesday as negotiations to expand the deal failed to make progress, warning them that it would intensify until Hamas releases the rest of the hostages.
Israel said Hamas is still holding 59 hostages, 24 of whom are believed to be alive.
IDF spokesman Col Avicay Adraee said Hamas drove three rockets from southern Gaza. One person was intercepted, and two others were intercepted in the “open area”, he added in a post on X.
The Israeli military said earlier on Thursday that it began “targeting ground activities” to create what is called “partial buffer between the north and the south” in the Gaza Strip. It calls the action “limited ground operation.”
Colonel Adraee said the troops were deployed to the center of a strip called the Netzarim Corridor, which divided Gaza in the north and south into the Netzarim Corridor.
Meanwhile, the agency's chief Philippe Lazzarini said in a post on X that five employees of the UN Palestine Refugee Service were killed in the “last few days”.
“They are teachers, doctors and nurses,” he added. “The worst is yet to come.”
One of its workers died after being killed in the Deir Al-Balah compound in central Gaza and five others were injured, the UN said on Wednesday. It said the situation of the incident is not clear.
Gaza's Ministry of Health blamed Israel's strike, and the Israeli military said it did not attack the compound.
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy confirmed on Thursday that a British national was injured in a compound attack. It is at a charity that said one of the workers, a 51-year-old British bomb disposal expert, has been injured.
“Our priority is to support them and their families,” he told MPs.
The military spokesman for the Iran-backed group said Houthi rebels in Yemen fired a ballistic missile at Israel on Thursday, aiming at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv.
There is no report that the IDF said the missile had stopped before entering Israel.
On Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it had “got all out” and that any ceasefire negotiations will now be “in a slam”.
A group representing hostage families accused the Israeli government of choosing to “give hostages” by launching a new strike.
Israel and Hamas failed to agree on how to outperform the first phase, which expires on March 1.
Hamas disagrees to renegotiate the ceasefire on Israel’s terms, although it proposes to release a living American hostage and the bodies of four hostages as mediators attempt to keep the ceasefire in action.
Israel entered Gaza in early March to put pressure on Hamas. It accused Hamas of directing the provisions as part of its strategy toward Israel, although no evidence was provided.
The war was triggered by Hamas' attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, with about 1,200 people (mainly civilians) killed and another 251 were taken hostage. During the first phase of the ceasefire, twenty-five Israeli and five Thai hostages were released.
Hamas-Operating Health Ministry said Israel made a huge military offensive against the October attack, killing 48,500 Palestinians, mainly civilians, before Israel resumed its campaign. Israel's offense also caused great damage to housing and infrastructure.
