Southeast Asia Information Port News (www.dnyxxg.com) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a “strong strike” against the Gaza Strip on the evening of the 28th, citing Hamas’s violation of the ceasefire agreement. The Gaza Strip health department stated that the Israeli attack resulted in the deaths of at least seven Palestinians.
The Israeli Prime Minister's Office issued a statement on the 28th, stating that Hamas had “blatantly violated” the ceasefire agreement, but did not specify the specific violations. Netanyahu convened a meeting with Israeli security officials that day to discuss countermeasures. Following the discussions, Netanyahu ordered an attack on the Gaza Strip.
According to a report in the Times of Israel on the 28th, Hamas militants attacked Israeli troops stationed in the Rafah area of southern Gaza, and the Israeli army subsequently returned fire. Israeli Defense Minister Katz stated that Hamas would pay a “heavy price” for its attacks on Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip and its violation of agreements regarding the transfer of the bodies of detainees, and that the Israel Defense Forces would respond with a “strong counterattack.”
According to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, and other media outlets, Israeli airstrikes on a residential building in Gaza City that evening killed at least two people. Israeli forces also attacked Deir el-Ballah in central Gaza and Khan Younis in the south, killing at least five people.
Hamas issued a statement that evening denying involvement in the attacks on Israeli forces in the Rafah area that day and reiterated its commitment to upholding the ceasefire agreement. The statement claimed that Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip that day violated the ceasefire agreement, and Hamas called on mediators to pressure Israel to cease its attacks.
According to reports from the Associated Press and Reuters, the Qassam Brigades, a Hamas-affiliated armed group, issued a statement on the 28th stating that due to Israel's violation of the ceasefire agreement, the transfer of the body of an Israeli detainee would be delayed. Hamas had originally planned to transfer the newly discovered body at 8 pm that evening.
The Times of Israel, citing sources from the Israeli Prime Minister's Office, reported that Israel had informed the US government of its decision to launch the airstrikes after Netanyahu ordered them.
U.S. Vice President Vance, in an interview with the media in Washington on the 28th local time, stated that the U.S. knew that Hamas or other groups in the Gaza Strip had attacked an Israeli soldier, and the U.S. anticipated an Israeli response. However, he believed that the Gaza ceasefire was still ongoing, "which doesn't mean there won't be small-scale clashes."
According to Reuters, Israeli forces killed three Palestinian militants in the West Bank on the 28th. Hamas confirmed that two of them were members of the group. (End)
