The attack occurred after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the country’s military to immediately carry out “forceful strikes” in Gaza over Hamas’s alleged violations of the U.S.-brokered cease-fire agreement. Hamas responded to Netanyahu’s order by announcing that it would delay the return of hostage remains that was set to occur on Tuesday.
Israel conducted a new wave of strikes in Gaza on Tuesday, reportedly killing at least nine people in Gaza City and Khan Younis. The move threatens to collapse the already tenuous truce between Israel and Hamas, which would potentially upend U.S.
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