Murder, Murder, Murder – Peter
Israel has pounded the Gaza Strop with some of its most intense airstrikes since the October ceasefire, killing more than 30 people including three girls from one family, in attacks on houses, tents and a police station, Palestinian health officials say.
The Israeli military said it was responding to a breach of the ceasefire the previous day, in which its troops had identified eight gunmen emerging from a tunnel in Rafah, an area in the south of the enclave controlled by Israeli forces under the truce.
It had targeted commanders, weapons caches and manufacturing sites belonging to Palestinian militant group Hamas and its ally Islamic Jihad, the military said.
Hamas, which retains control of just under half of the Gaza Strip where nearly all its more than two million residents live mainly in makeshift tents and damaged buildings, said Israel had violated the truce.
It did not say whether any of its members or sites were struck in Saturday’s attacks.
On Sunday, Israel is due to reopen the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt under US President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war.
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