{"id":13869,"date":"2025-03-18T20:56:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T20:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/why-did-israel-resume-airstrikes-on-gaza-what-to-know-about-the-attacks\/"},"modified":"2025-03-18T20:56:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T20:56:19","slug":"why-did-israel-resume-airstrikes-on-gaza-what-to-know-about-the-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/why-did-israel-resume-airstrikes-on-gaza-what-to-know-about-the-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Did Israel Resume Airstrikes on Gaza? What to Know About the Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Israeli forces on Tuesday launched the largest and most deadly attacks on Gaza since a cease-fire with Hamas that began roughly two months ago. The air barrage, which shattered the fragile truce in the enclave, killed hundreds of people, according to health authorities there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Late on Tuesday, Israel made it clear that it would continue striking as part of an attempt to force Hamas to compromise in cease-fire talks in a new phase in the conflict. Hamas did not immediately respond militarily to Israel\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<p><h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-463d866b\">What happened with the latest strikes?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Just before 2:30 a.m. local time, the Israeli military announced that it was conducting \u201cextensive strikes\u201d on Hamas targets. At least 400 Palestinians, including children, were killed in the strikes, according to the Gaza health ministry. The ministry\u2019s figures do not differentiate between civilians and combatants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Hamas publicly announced the deaths of at least five senior officials among the group\u2019s Gaza leadership. Two were officials in the group\u2019s political bureau, and three others \u2014 including Bahjat Abu Sultan, the director of Hamas\u2019s feared internal security agency \u2014 held senior security roles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">When Israel launched the strikes, some people were preparing a special meal before the daily Ramadan fast. Others were jolted out of their sleep. After two months of relative calm, the widespread explosions left Gazans with an unmistakable message: The war had returned, at least for now.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-37da00f2\">Why did Israel resume airstrikes?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Israeli authorities explained the assault as a response to intransigence by Hamas in talks over extending the cease-fire and releasing hostages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As the strikes began, the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said that Hamas had demonstrated a \u201crepeated refusal\u201d to release the rest of the hostages whom it seized during its raid on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Around 1,200 people were killed and about 250 taken hostage in that attack, which began the war. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">That message was later echoed by Israel\u2019s foreign minister, Gideon Saar, who said that the cease-fire talks had reached a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/03\/17\/world\/israel-gaza-airstrikes\/927247df-d7cb-591e-b8c2-ef7f9abe0a14?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">dead end<\/a> and that Israel had \u201cno alternative but to give the order to reopen fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Netanyahu in an address late on Tuesday said Israel would continue to attack Hamas in Gaza. \u201cThis is only the beginning,\u201d he said. \u201cWe will continue to fight to achieve all of the war\u2019s objectives.\u201d<span class=\"css-8l6xbc evw5hdy0\">  <\/span>He pledged that Israel would act against Hamas \u201cwith increasing military strength.\u201d <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-6a97a76\">How did cease-fire talks break down?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/03\/world\/middleeast\/israel-hamas-cease-fire-assess.html\" title=\"\">talks stalled<\/a> because of disagreement over fundamental issues. Hamas, which has tried to use the hostages as leverage throughout the conflict, has refused to release significant numbers of additional captives until Israel promised to end the war permanently.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Israel and Hamas had been negotiating the next steps in the truce. The next phase is supposed to end the war and free more hostages. But Mr. Netanyahu\u2019s government has refused to agree to end the war unless Hamas gives up control of Gaza or dismantles its military wing. Hamas has shown little inclination to agree to the Israeli demands.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Israel\u2019s hand in the talks has been strengthened in recent weeks by backing from the Trump administration, which has delivered more weapons to the country. The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said Israel had consulted the White House before launching Tuesday\u2019s strikes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">To increase pressure on Hamas, Israel halted the delivery of aid and humanitarian supplies into Gaza earlier this month, and last week it cut off electricity that flowed to a water desalination plant in the enclave. Those decisions <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/15\/world\/middleeast\/gaza-aid-block.html\" title=\"\">exacerbated hardships<\/a> faced by civilians in the shattered enclave, where Palestinian health authorities say more than 48,000 people have been killed, a majority of them women, children or the elderly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The cease-fire deal, which went into effect on Jan. 19, was designed to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/14\/world\/middleeast\/gaza-ceasefire-what-we-know.html\" title=\"\">unfold in several stages<\/a> toward a comprehensive end to the conflict. Under the initial phase, which lasted six weeks, Hamas released 30 <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/27\/world\/middleeast\/gaza-israel-cease-fire-first-phase.html\" title=\"\">Israeli and foreign<\/a> hostages and handed over eight bodies. In exchange, Israel released more than 1,500 Palestinian prisoners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Netanyahu late on Tuesday said that the talks could continue but the Israeli military action in Gaza would not stop. \u201cfrom now on, negotiations will only be led under fire,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-2f4a6108\">How did Hamas respond to the attack?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Hamas accused Israel of deciding to \u201coverturn the cease-fire agreement,\u201d exposing the hostages in Gaza \u201cto an unknown fate.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Hamas has not responded militarily to the attacks. There was a notable absence of rocket fire by Palestinian militants or attempts to ambush Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Suhail al-Hindi, a Hamas official who is not in Gaza, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/18\/world\/middleeast\/hamas-israel-gaza-attack.html\" title=\"\">reacted<\/a> by saying the group hopes to restore the cease-fire but reserves the right to respond. \u201cHow to respond is left to those on the ground,\u201d he said in a telephone interview. \u201cThey know and understand how to respond to the occupation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. al-Hindi said the group was disappointed that the United States sided with Israel\u2019s decision to break the two-month truce. Hamas had hoped the Trump administration would restrain Israel from carrying out strikes on Gaza, especially after the direct talks between American officials and Hamas leaders early this month.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-26d298ab\">How many hostages remain in Gaza?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Of the 250 people seized, more than 130 have been released, including more than 100 during an initial cease-fire in the early months of the war and 30 more during the truce that began in January. The hostages were exchanged for hundreds of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Israeli military has also retrieved the bodies of at least 40 others. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/18\/world\/middleeast\/israel-gaza-hostages.html\" title=\"\">Less than half<\/a> of the 59 who remain in Gaza are alive, according to the Israeli government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The main advocacy group for the families of hostages held in Gaza accused the Israeli government of effectively abandoning those still held there with its decision to launch large-scale airstrikes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Netanyahu, in his address late on Tuesday, pushed back on criticism from some relatives of hostages and the Israeli public that the renewed strikes on Gaza were politically motivated and endangered the captives. \u201cMilitary pressure is a necessary condition for the release of additional hostages,\u201d he said. \u201cHurting Hamas militarily and releasing our hostages are not contradictory objectives, they are intertwined.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Reporting was contributed by <!-- -->Patrick Kingsley<!-- -->, <!-- -->Adam Rasgon<!-- -->, <!-- -->Yan Zhuang<!-- -->, <!-- -->Rawan Sheikh Ahmad<!-- --> and <!-- -->Aaron Boxerman<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/18\/world\/middleeast\/israel-attack-gaza-hamas.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli forces on Tuesday launched the largest and most deadly attacks on Gaza since a cease-fire with Hamas that began<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[1527,89,94,99,954,96],"class_list":["post-13869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-benjamin","tag-gaza-strip","tag-hamas","tag-israel","tag-netanyahu","tag-palestinians"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why Did Israel Resume Airstrikes on Gaza? 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