Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the military to immediately carry out “powerful attacks” in Gaza, throwing into doubt a US-brokered ceasefire that's held for just over two weeks.
The order came after “security consultations,” the prime minister's office says in a Tuesday post on X, without providing further detail.
The decision to send the military back into action in Gaza jeopardizes a truce between Israel and Hamas announced with much fanfare by US President Donald Trump in mid-October. That deal saw Hamas return the last living hostages taken during the October 2023 attacks that triggered the two-year conflict.
Israel's shekel touched session lows, falling as much as 0.4% against the dollar on the news.
Hamas said the group will postpone the handing over of the body of a dead Israeli hostage due to Israeli violations.
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