Israeli media assessed the incident as a violation of the ceasefire agreement by Hamas. “Terrorists carried out an attack on Israeli forces in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, prompting the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to carry out airstrikes in the area,” The Times of Israel reported on Sunday.
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The Israeli authorities and the local army have not yet commented on the reports published by the media. The n12.co.il portal reported that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yisra'el Kac are kept informed about developments in the Rafah area.
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gwir appealed to Netanyahu to resume military operations in the Gaza Strip after Hamas militants carried out an attack on Israeli forces in Rafah. In his opinion, this is a clear violation of the truce by Hamas. — “I call on the Prime Minister to order the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to resume fighting in the Gaza Strip with full force,” said a far-right politician, quoted by Israeli media.
According to the Israel Defense Forces, on Friday there was an incident near a tunnel in the Rafah area from which several Hamas fighters were supposed to have emerged. They then allegedly opened fire on Israeli soldiers.
New data on the number of victims in the Gaza Strip
The number of Palestinian victims of Israel's war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip has exceeded 68,000. the territory's health ministry said on Saturday. Gaza's civil defense reported that on Friday alone, nine people, including women and children, were killed in Israeli shelling of a bus near Gaza City.
The number of injured Palestinians since the beginning of the war has exceeded 170,000. According to the ministry's Saturday statement, since October 11, the first full day of the ceasefire, 27 people have been killed in Israeli attacks, 143 Palestinians have died from wounds, and 404 bodies have been recovered.
