Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells the Israel Defense Force and the security services “to take firm action against terror targets in the Gaza Strip” after a Hamas attack on IDF troops today, according to the Prime Minister’s Office.
Netanyahu gave the instruction during a meeting with Defense Minister Israel Katz and the heads of the Shin Bet and Mossad, says the PMO.
The IDF says Palestinian terrorists fired RPGs and carried out sniper fire against Israeli forces operating in the Rafah area of the southern Gaza Strip. Israel has responded with a number of airstrikes on terror targets.
Gantz: ‘All options must be on the table’ after Hamas violated ceasefire
All options should be on the table as Israel responds to Hamas’s violations of the ceasefire in Gaza, declares Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz.
“Hamas violated the agreement today and put the State of Israel to the test — and, just like in Lebanon, we must not blink,” he tweets. “All options must be on the table — including a return to maneuvering. We must not go back to October 6.”
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett issues a call to destroy Hamas.
“Hamas has retaken control of Gaza and continues to harm us with the aim of destroying the State of Israel. Hamas must be destroyed,” he tweets.
Hamas claims it has no connection to Rafah incident, denies violating ceasefire
The Hamas terror group denies violating the ceasefire after an attack in Rafah on IDF troops, claiming that the operatives there are not following orders.
The military wing of Hamas issues an statement saying that it has no connection to the incident in Rafah earlier today, in which the IDF said RPGs and sniper fire targeted Israeli troops.
“We are committed to the ceasefire in all areas of the Gaza Strip,” the statement reads. “We have no information about incidents or clashes that took place in the Rafah area, which is under occupation control.”
The Hamas statement claims that “our connection with the groups located there has been severed since last March. We have no link to any events occurring in that area and we have no way to communicate with our fighters there, if any of them are still alive.”
Terror operatives fired RPGs at Israeli troops in Rafah today, says IDF, prompting airstrikes
The IDF says Palestinian terror operatives fired RPGs and carried out sniper fire against Israeli forces operating in the Rafah area of the southern Gaza Strip earlier today.
The troops were operating on the eastern side of the Yellow Line — an area under IDF control in line with the ceasefire deal with Hamas — to destroy terror infrastructure in the area “in accordance with the agreement,” the military says.
Immediately after the attacks, the IDF says it carried out airstrikes with fighter jets and artillery shelling in Rafah to “remove threats,” during which several tunnels and buildings where terror operatives were identified were destroyed.
“This is a blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement; the IDF will respond forcefully,” the army adds.
Palestinian media report that the IDF has begun striking in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. No further details are available at this time.
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