Since Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) reached the current phase ceasefire agreement, the Gaza Strip has not ceased to shoot, the two sides accuse each other of violating the ceasefire agreement.

¡°Strong strike¡±

On the evening of the 28th, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military to carry out a "powerful strike" on the Gaza Strip on the grounds that Hamas violated the ceasefire agreement.

Regarding Israel's so-called violation of the ceasefire agreement by Hamas, Netanyahu convened senior security officials on the same day to discuss countermeasures. The Prime Minister's Office issued a statement that night saying that Netanyahu had ordered an immediate attack on the Gaza Strip. However, the statement did not specifically mention which actions violated the ceasefire agreement.

Mahmoud Basal, spokesman of the Gaza Civil Defense Department, told Xinhua that the Israeli army bombed a three-story building in Gaza City that night, killing two people and injuring four others. Witnesses in many places in Gaza told reporters that in addition to bombing Gaza City, the Israeli army also shelled the city of Deir Bailah in the central Gaza Strip and the city of Khan Younis in the south that night, causing building damage and property losses.

According to the Associated Press, local hospital staff in Gaza said on the 29th that Israeli air strikes on Gaza at night killed at least 60 people, including many children.

The Axis Hospital in the central city of Delbeih said at least 10 bodies were transported to hospitals after two Israeli airstrikes, including 3 women and 6 children. In the south of Gaza, Khan Younis' Nasir Hospital said they received 20 bodies, 13 of them children, 2 of them women. In other parts of central Gaza, Odada Hospital said they received 30 bodies, 14 of them children.

Accusing each other

According to the Israeli military radio station on the 28th, Hamas militants used anti-tank weapons and sniper rifles to attack Israeli troops stationed in the southern region of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army then fired again.

Israeli Defense Minister Katz said on the evening of 28 that Hamas attacked Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip in violation of the ceasefire agreement on the transfer of the bodies of Israeli detainees, which the group will pay a "heavy price".

After Israel announced the air strike, the Qassam Brigade, a Hamas military organization, said it would delay the handover of the body of an Israeli detainee due to Israel's violation of the ceasefire agreement. Hamas was scheduled to hand over the newly discovered body at 20:00 on the 28th.

Hamas issued a statement on the evening of the 28th, denying that it was related to the "firing incident" in Rafah that day and reiterating its compliance with the ceasefire agreement. The statement said that the Israeli army's attack on the Gaza Strip blatantly violated the ceasefire agreement. The attack that night was a continuation of a series of recent violations of the agreement by Israel, proving its attempt to undermine the agreement.

Israel has always expressed dissatisfaction with Hamas 'progress in transferring the remains of detainees, and used this as an excuse to indefinitely delay the opening of the Rafah crossing, which is crucial for humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip. Hamas has so far handed over 17 bodies to Israel. Hamas said it takes time to search for bodies buried under the rubble and faces difficulties such as a lack of heavy equipment.

Trump: Ceasefire agreement is not threatened

The Israeli Prime Minister's Office told the Israel Times that Israel informed the U.S. government of the decision to strike, but only after Netanyahu ordered it.

On the same day, US President Trump confirmed to the accompanying reporters on Air Force One that he knew that Israel had attacked the Gaza Strip and Hamas had "killed an Israeli soldier", so Israel hit back and said that Israel should do so. However, Trump insisted that the ceasefire agreement in Gaza is still valid and that "nothing will threaten" the ceasefire agreement.

U.S. Vice President Vance said in an interview with the media in Washington on the 28th that according to the U.S. understanding, Hamas or other organizations in the Gaza Strip attacked an Israeli soldier. The U.S. expected Israel to respond, but he believed that the ceasefire in Gaza was still going on,"This does not mean that there will be no small-scale conflicts."

The first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement came into effect on the 10th. However, in recent days, the Netanyahu government and Hamas have accused each other of violating the ceasefire agreement, making the agreement fragile. (Reporters: Zhao Weihong, Lu Yifan, Huang Zemin, Wang Yixin)