IDF Carries out 'Powerful Strikes' in Gaza Following Hamas Ceasefire breach, PMO confirms
Prime Minister Netanyahu immediately ordered the strikes after a security assessment with defense officials.
By: Amichai Stein, Avi Ashkenazi, Anna Barsky, Miriam Selah-Eitam – The Jerusalem Post; jpost.com
The IDF has intensified its strikes across Gaza after Hamas fired at soldiers in the southern part of the enclave on Tuesday evening, according to Palestinian reports.It struck in the area of Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, per Muhammad Abu Salmiya, the hospital’s director-general.Earlier on Tuesday, the IDF struck infrastructure Hamas was using in southern Gaza after members of the terrorist group fired at soldiers, the Prime Minister’s Office confirmed.
Hamas also fired at and launched an anti-tank missile at military troops in Rafah, marking an additional ceasefire violation by the terrorist organization.
In order to prevent Hamas from further endangering soldiers on the Israeli side of the Yellow Line, the IDF was now returning fire, according to one military source.
Meanwhile, following a situational assessment with the approval of Defense Minister Israel Katz, the security restrictions that the IDF has put in place in the Gaza border communities ever since Hamas’s October 7 massacre have been lifted.
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