Israeli forces bomb Mawasi
Al Jazeera Arabic’s correspondent in Gaza is reporting a number of people have been killed and injured as Israeli forces shelled tents where displaced Palestinians are staying in the Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
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.
Death toll growing in Israeli attack on Gaza
At least 30 Palestinians have been reported killed in Israel’s attacks on Gaza, medics tell the Reuters news agency.
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 rises to 44
At least 44 people have been killed and dozens more injured in Israeli airstrikes on homes and tents housing displaced people across the Gaza Strip, medical sources have told Al Jazeera.
Israeli PM says will use ‘increasing military strength’ against Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he instructed the military to take “strong action” against Hamas in Gaza, blaming the group for refusing to release captives and not agreeing to Israel’s proposals on the ceasefire.
“Israel will, from now on, act against Hamas with increasing military strength,” the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement.
Hamas has for weeks accused Netanyahu of not being interested in bringing the fighting to an end in Gaza.
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