Israeli army launched this wave of bombings after the death of one of its soldiers
this Wednesday (29) attacked a weapons depot in, which experienced the deadliest night of bombings since the beginning of the ceasefire brokered by the , and warned that it will continue to act to neutralize possible threats.
The Israeli Army announced that it carried out a precision strike on a site in the Beit Lahia area, in the north of the Gaza Strip, where it said weapons were stored for an “imminent terrorist attack”.
Israeli troops, the Army said, will remain positioned “in accordance with the ceasefire agreement and will continue to operate to eliminate any immediate threat.”
Gaza City’s Al Shifa hospital reported that two Palestinians died in the latest attack. Civil Defense in the territory governed by the Hamas terrorist group reported that 104 people, including 46 children and 24 women, died in the previous night’s bombings.
The Israeli Army launched this wave of bombings after the death of one of its soldiers in Gaza on Tuesday. This Wednesday morning, he announced the resumption of the ceasefire in Gaza.
Delivery of hostage bodies interrupted
The said its fighters were not involved in the incident in Rafah and reiterated its commitment to the US-backed ceasefire. However, it postponed the handover of the remains of a deceased hostage, warning that any “escalation” would make it difficult to search for and recover bodies.
During the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, 251 people were captured. Following this month’s ceasefire, 20 surviving captives were returned, and 28 bodies of dead hostages began to be handed over.
A disagreement over the slow return of the last bodies threatens the maintenance of the ceasefire agreement, agreed between Israel and Hamas and supported by the Trump administration and regional mediators (Egypt, Turkey and Qatar).
Israel accuses Hamas of failing to comply with the pact by not returning the remains within the deadline, while the Palestinian group claims that locating the bodies buried under the rubble of Gaza takes time.
The October 7 attack in Israel, which triggered the war, caused the deaths of 1,221 people, most of them civilians, according to an AFP report based on official figures. The Israeli offensive launched in response caused 68,643 deaths in the Gaza Strip, most of them civilians, according to figures from the Hamas Ministry of Health.
*With information from AFP
Published by Nátaly Tenório
