Israel strikes Gaza after Netanyahu accuses Hamas of breaching ceasefire
by Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem and William Christou from World news | The Guardian on (#712E7)
Prime minister accuses Hamas of clear violation' of truce as far-right ministers clamour to resume war
Israeli warplanes struck Gaza on Tuesday night, shortly after Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered the military to carry out powerful strikes" in Gaza, in the most serious test of the increasingly shaky US-brokered ceasefire.
Witnesses reported seeing Israeli planes launch strikes on Gaza City, as well as explosions across the strip shortly after Netanyahu's announcement. At least seven people were killed in separate strikes in Gaza City and Khan Younis, including two children, medical sources said.
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