The Israeli military issued a statement on Monday saying that the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement entered into force today, just 18 days ago.
On October 28, the Israeli Prime Minister's Office suddenly issued a statement, and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu instructed the Israeli army to carry out a strong strike on the Gaza Strip that day. The fighting in the Gaza Strip has started again.
Gaza reopened after 18 days of ceasefire.
The Israeli Prime Minister's Office issued a statement on the 28th saying that after the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) opened fire on Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed the Israeli army to carry out a strong strike on the Gaza Strip that day. Subsequently, Gaza City in the Gaza Strip suffered multiple air strikes.
According to reports subsequently released by the Gaza Civil Defense Department, the Israeli army launched at least three airstrikes on the Gaza Strip that day, according to Palestinian media, one of the airstrikes took place near the Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip.
According to the latest statistics released by the Palestinian Gaza Strip Health Department on the 28th, the Israeli army's attack on the Gaza Strip that day has killed at least 9 people. The Israeli army attacked a neighborhood in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip that day, killing four people. In addition, the Israeli army also attacked a car in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, killing five people inside.
Hamas denies involvement in the attack on Israeli troops
Later on the 28th, Hamas issued a statement denying any association with the attack on the Israeli army in the southern Gaza region on the same day, stressing that the group “still committed to the current ceasefire agreement.”
The statement said the military attacks carried out by the Israeli army in many parts of Gaza constituted a “serious violation” of the ceasefire agreement and said the Israeli army has repeatedly violated the ceasefire agreement in recent times, calling for mediation to put pressure on Israel to stop “dangerous and ongoing breaches”.
U.S. Vice President: Gaza ceasefire ‘still effective’
U.S. officials said after the Prime Minister ordered an attack on Gaza, The Gaza ceasefire "remains in effect". US Vice President Vance also said on the evening of the 28th that the Gaza ceasefire agreement is still being maintained.Wans said Hamas or other groups in Gaza attacked an Israeli soldier, and the United States expected Israel to respond.
In addition, two U.S. officials said Israel had notified the U.S. prior to its latest attack on Gaza.
According to the Israeli public broadcaster local time, Israel has decided to expand its control of the Gaza Strip beyond the “yellow line” and is coordinating with the United States on the matter.。 According to the relevant provisions of the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, after the ceasefire takes effect, the Israeli army will redeploy in the Gaza Strip and retreat to the so-called "yellow line", but still control about 53% of the Gaza Strip.
Casanova Brigade: Delayed return of bodies of detainees
Shortly after the announcement by the Prime Minister's office of the resumption of the fighting in Gaza, the armed group of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in a statement said that the remains of Israeli detainees had been postponed due to the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip that night.
The statement warned that any Israeli move to escalate the situation would hinder the search for the remains of Israeli detainees.
Israel violates ceasefire agreement hundreds of times
Just before the Prime Minister’s office issued a statement on the attack on the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Media Office in the Gaza Strip released the latest statistics on Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement since the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
The data show that since the ceasefire in Gaza came into force, Israel violated the agreement approximately 125 times, killing at least 94 and wounding 344 people.Violations of the agreement include firing on civilians, airstrikes, crossing the "yellow line", breaking into residential areas, bombing civilian buildings, and arresting civilians in different areas.
Earlier, on 19 October, the Israeli army had carried out massive airstrikes and shelling on the southern region of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. Israel claimed that Hamas “violated the ceasefire agreement and killed two Israeli soldiers”. Hamas denied that. Netanyahu said on 20 October that the Israeli army dropped 153 tons of bombs on the Gaza Strip on 19 October.
The second phase of Gaza ceasefire has not yet been agreed.
Since Israel and Hamas reached a first-phase ceasefire agreement on the so-called "20-point plan" proposed by the United States on the 10th of this month, Hamas and Israel have exchanged detained persons and their remains in accordance with the requirements of the ceasefire agreement. However, the two sides have been unable to reach an agreement on the second phase.
According to the “20 Points Plan,” the second phase of the ceasefire in Gaza should targets such as the de-militarization of the Gaza Strip, the disarmament of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and the deployment of an “international force” in the Gaza Strip to help stabilize the situation. “International forces” will soon enter the Gaza Strip.
The “international forces” still form differences between the two sides
But there are still clear differences between Hamas and Israel regarding the composition of what Trump says is about to be the “international force” in Gaza.
According to Hamas's latest statement on the second phase of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza announced on the 26th, Hamas agreed to transfer administrative control of the Gaza Strip to the Interim Council and accept United Nations forcesAs an isolation and border surveillance force, follow the implementation of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, but the Israeli side said on the 26th: Israel will decide on the composition of Gaza’s “international force”。
Since the outbreak of the conflict in Gaza on October 7, 2023, the Gaza Strip Health Department has recorded the local population from October 27, 2023. 68527 people were killed and 170395 were injured。