Gaza, Israel
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Israel’s intense bombardment of the Gaza Strip this week marked the most serious challenge yet for a fragile, U.S.-brokered ceasefire.
The US president says Israel and Hamas have "signed off on the first phase" of his 20-point Gaza peace plan, which he unveiled last month.
Volence has flared again in Gaza overnight as Israeli airstrikes killed at least 50 people, including 22 children, according to Gaza’s civil defence agency. Around 200 more were wounded in what spokesman Mahmoud Bassal called a “catastrophic and terrifying” situation, accusing Israel of violating the recent truce Donald Trump helped broker.
Israel will make dismantling Hamas’ vast tunnel network its top battlefield priority inside Gaza’s “yellow zone,” Defense Minister Israel Katz said Saturday, asserting in a post on X that about 60% of the tunnels still exist—two years after the Oct. 7, 2023 attack that triggered the war and reshaped the region.