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The Trump effect

Israeli PM’s office says attacks resumed after talks failed: Report

The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office has said that Israel has resumed military operations in Gaza after Hamas rejected a US proposal to extend the ceasefire, according to Axios reporter Barak Ravid.

Israel and Hamas have been engaged in mediated negotiations after Israel refused to enter into the second phase of the ceasefire agreement, which was meant to begin following the first phase, which lasted for six weeks.


Israeli strikes kill 20 in Gaza City: Report

Al Jazeera Arabic’s correspondent is reporting that at least 20 people have been killed and more than 50 injured as a result of a series of Israeli air strikes on Gaza City, in the north of the Gaza Strip.



Translation: More than 35 Israeli air strikes have hit Gaza in the past half hour, with ambulance and civil defence crews struggling to evacuate the dead and wounded.


Israel unilaterally ending Gaza ceasefire: Hamas

A senior Hamas official has told the Reuters news agency that the Israeli attacks mean that Israel is unilaterally ending the ceasefire in Gaza that began on January 19.


Israeli minister warns ‘gates of hell’ will be opened on Gaza: Report

Israeli media has reported that the country’s defence minister, Israel Katz, said that the “gates of hell” will be opened on Gaza if Hamas does not release all the captives still held in the Palestinian territory.

Israel will unleash forces on Hamas that they “have never known before”, the minister is reported to have said.

Death toll in Gaza now over 100, including many children: Report

The Reuters news agency, citing medics, says that at least 100 people have been killed, including many children, in Israeli air strikes across the Gaza Strip.


Trump was consulted prior to latest attack on Gaza: White House

Israel consulted with President Trump before launching their latest attack on Gaza, according to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.

“As President Trump has made clear, Hamas, the Houthis, Iran – all those who seek to terrorise not just Israel but the US – will see a price to pay, and all hell will break loose,” she told Fox News.

“The Houthis, Hezbollah, Hamas, Iran and Iranian-backed terror proxies should take President Trump very seriously when he says he’s not afraid to stand for law-abiding people and stand up for the US and our friend and ally Israel.”