Tel Aviv | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered what he called “forceful strikes” against Hamas in response to attacks on Israeli soldiers in Gaza, throwing into doubt a US-brokered ceasefire that has held for just over two weeks.
The order to strike in the Palestinian territory came after security consultations, the Israeli leader’s office said in a Tuesday (Wednesday AEDT) post on X. Defence Minister Israel Katz said Hamas would “pay a heavy price” for attacking Israeli soldiers and violating a promise to return the bodies of dead hostages.
