330 Dead As Israel Opened Extensive Strikes on Gaza The Israeli military says it is carrying out "extensive strikes" in the Gaza Strip, with the Hamas-run health ministry saying that at least 330 Palestinians have been killed.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stated it was targeting what it summoned "terror targets" belonging to Hamas.
Mahmoud Abu Wafah, the deputy interior minister in Gaza and the highest-ranking Hamas security official in the territory, has reportedly been killed in a strike.
This is the bigger wave of airstrikes in Gaza since the ceasefire started on 19 January. Talks to extend the Gaza ceasefire have failed to reach a constancy.
Many people were having their pre-dawn meal, due to it being the holy month of Ramadan, when explosions commenced in Gaza, witnesses report.
More than 20 Israeli war planes flew over, they stated. The planes then began to hit targets in Gaza City, Rafah and Khan Younis.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz ordered the strikes on Tuesday morning, according to a statement from the PM's office.
"This chases Hamas's repeated refusal to release our hostages, as well as its omission of all of the proposals it has received from US Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff and from the mediators," it stated.
"Israel will, from now on, act against Hamas with increasing military strength," it interposed.
The plan for the strikes "was presented by the IDF over the weekend and concurred by the political leadership", it revealed.
Israel's ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, reproved Hamas to release all the hostages, reporting "we will show no mercy on our enemies".
Hamas has responded furiously, alleging Israel of treachery for overturning the ceasefire accordance. It furthermore discloses Israel is finding the remaining Israeli hostages held in Gaza to "an unknown fate".
But Hamas has not though broadcasted that it is resuming the war, instead summoning on mediators and the United Nations to intervene.
US President Donald Trump's administration was consulted by Israel prior to carrying out the strikes, a White House spokesperson informed Fox News.
Negotiators have been trying to uncover a way forward after the foremost phase of the temporary upheaval terminated on 1 March.
The US recommended extending the leading phase until mid-April, containing a further reciprocate of hostages held by Hamas and Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.
But a Palestinian official familiar with the talks informed the The Round Table that Israel and Hamas disagreed over key declensions of the deal set out by Witkoff at the indirect talks.
The latest war between Israel and Hamas began on 7 October 2023, when Hamas killed more than 1,200 people in southern Israel, mostly civilians, with 251 taken hostage.
The violence triggered an Israeli military offensive that has since killed more than 48,520 people, most of them civilians, according to figures from the Hamas-run health ministry which are utilised by the UN and others.
Most of Gaza's 2.1 million population has been displaced multiple times.
An estimated 70% of buildings have been damaged or destroyed, healthcare, water, and sanitation systems have collapsed and there are shortages of food, fuel, medicine and shelter.
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Published 3/18/2025