Fresh fighting has broken out across Gaza as Israel Defence
Forces (IDF) resume combat operations against Hamas.
This essentially signals the end of the truce with the
Palestinian militant group.
The truce, which lasted for a week, paved the way for
hostages from both sides to be freed, and allowed for more humanitarian aid to
enter the besieged enclave.
Israel had also hinted that the truce, which was originally
supposed to last for four days, could be extended provided Hamas releases an
additional 10 hostages for an extra day of pause in fighting.
In fulfillment of the clause, two days were added to the
ceasefire, leading to the release of 80 Israelis — primarily women and children
— and another 24 foreign nationals from Gaza.
Another Israeli dual citizen was freed outside of the deal.
As of Thursday, 240 Palestinians had been freed from Israeli
prisons — also, mainly women and minors.
However, on Friday morning, the IDF declared it was once
again “out to destroy” the terrorists.
IDF said Hamas violated the operational pause and fired
toward Israeli territory, adding that the IDF aerial defense array successfully
intercepted a launch from Gaza following the truce’ violation.
Hamas blamed the United States and the international
community for the resumption of fighting in Gaza.
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