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Israel launched a wave of air attacks through the Gaza strip at dawn on Tuesday, saying it was Hit Hamas Objectives In its heaviest assault in the territory since a high fire entered into force in January.

The strikes killed at least 235 people, according to local hospitals.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he ordered the strikes due to the lack of progress in the conversations to extend the fire. The authorities said the operation was open and was expected to expand. The White House said he had been consulted and expressed his support for Israel’s actions.

Hamas warned that the new air attacks in Israel violated their high fire and endangered the fate of the hostages.

The surprise attack destroyed a period of relative calm during the Sacred Muslim month of Ramadan and raised the perspective of a complete return to the fight in a 17 -month war that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and caused a widespread destruction in Gaza.

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A UNICEF employee describes a heartbreaking night in Gaza

A United Nations employee in the Gaza Strip described a “very hard night” when Israel resumed strong attacks throughout the territory after a high fire of almost two months.

Rosalia Bollen, a communications specialist at the UN Children’s Agency, said she woke up around 2 in the morning on Tuesday with “very strong explosions.”

She said that the UNICEF bass near Rafah “was trembling a lot.” When the attacks decreased, listened to “people shouting, people shouting and ambulances.”

“The bombings have continued throughout the night”, although at an intensity less than the initial flood, he said. “All night, only the constant buzz of drones and airplanes flying.”

She said the attacks hit tents and structures that live in displaced families. “We are seeing, as of this morning, at least several dozen killed children,” he said.

The host families that are celebrated in Gaza say they are terrified by resumption air attacks

The main group that represents the families of the hostages held in Gaza has criticized the decision to return to the fight, saying that the measure shows that the government “chose to renounce the hostages.”

The hostage families forum said that “military pressure endangers hostages.” He asked the government in an X publication why “he withdrew from the agreement” with Hamas that established a liberation of all living hostages in exchange for an end of the war.

“We are shocked, angry and terrified by the deliberate dismantling of the process to return our loved ones from the terrible captivity of Hamas,” said the group.

Netanyahu’s hard line ally welcomes him to the fight in Gaza

A key rective partner of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the return to the fight in Gaza.

Bezalel Smotrich had threatened to leave the government if the struggles do not resume, which would impedine the Netanyahu rule. Critics said these political considerations influenced decision -making in times of Netyahu’s war.

“We remain in the government for this moment despite our opposition to the agreement (Alto El Fuego), and we are more determined than ever to complete the task and destroy Hamas,” Smotrich published in X.

Israeli strikes have killed at least 235 people in Gaza’s strip

Israeli attacks through the Gaza Strip have killed at least 235 people, according to local hospitals.

The toll of the strikes during the night and until Tuesday is based on records of seven hospitals and does not include organisms brought to other smaller health centers.

Rescuers are still looking for dead and injured.

North Korea criticizes us for air attacks aimed at the hutis rebels of Yemen

North Korea has criticized the United States for its new campaign of air attacks aimed at the Hutis rebels of Yemen.

The KCNA State News Agency quoted Ma Tong Hui on Tuesday, the North Korean ambassador to Egypt, in describing attacks as a “unbridled violation of all international laws, including the UN letter, and is an open invasion about the sovereignty of another nation that can never be justified.”

He also criticized “American hooliganism.”

Criticism occurs after Trump in his first term held Cumbres with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, looking for a nuclear agreement that was never reached between Pyongyang and Washington.

Hamas’ senior official says that Gaza strike is equivalent to ‘death sentence’ for remaining hostages

A senior Hamas official says that the decision of the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launch generalized attacks in the Gaza Strip is equivalent to a “death sentence” for the remaining hostages that are held there.

In an early statement, Izzat Al-Risheq, a member of the Hamas Political Office, accused Netanyahu of resuming the war to try to save his extreme right coalition.

“Netanyahu’s decision returning to war is a decision to sacrifice the captives of the occupation (Israeli) and a death sentence against them,” he said.

He said that Israel did not respect his commitments in the high -fire agreement reached in January and urged the mediators to “reveal facts” on which side the agreement broke.

The United States Security official blames Hamas for the renewed combination

The National Security Council spokesman Brian Hughes said that the militant group “could have published Haras to extend the fire, but instead chose the refusal and war.”

The American envoy Steve Witkoff, who has led the mediation efforts together with Egypt and Qatar, had previously warned that Hamas must free the living hostages immediately “or pay a severe price.”

Israel expects more military action

Israeli officials said the last operation was open and was expected to expand.

“Israel will act, from now on, against Hamas with a growing military force,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The White House says it was consulted by Israelis before resuming attacks against Hamas

The White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says that “Trump administration and the White House were consulted by the Israelis about their attacks in Gaza tonight.”

“As President Trump has made it clear, Hamas, Los Hutíes, Iran, all those who seek to terrorize not only Israel, but also to the United States of America, will see a price to pay: All Hell will break lost,” Leavitt continued, speaking with Fox News on Monday night.

Leavitt is one of the three administration officials who face a claim of Associated Press for reasons of first and fifth modification. The AP says that the three are punishing the news agency for the editorial decisions they oppose. The White House says that the AP does not follow an executive order to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.