Tel Aviv — Late Tuesday, tensions rose again in the Middle East after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the military to carry out “powerful strikes” in Gaza because Hamas was said to have broken the ceasefire.
The situation got worse just hours after the most recent ceasefire agreement brought a brief period of calm. Netanyahu said that the strikes were a direct response to attacks on Israeli soldiers.
Hamas said that in response, the return of the body of another Israeli hostage, which was supposed to happen the same day, would be delayed.
While this was going on, U.S. President Donald Trump, who was in Asia at the time, said he supported what Israel was doing. Trump told reporters on Wednesday, “As I understand it, they [Hamas] killed an Israeli soldier, so the Israelis hit back and they should hit back.” “When that happens, they should hit back.”
The president of the United States said that the ceasefire is still in effect and that “nothing is going to put the ceasefire in danger.” You need to know that Hamas is only a small part of peace in the Middle East and that they need to act right.
Hamas officials, on the other hand, said that Israel broke the cease-fire and called the overnight airstrikes “a large-scale massacre.”
Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said, “These strikes show that the occupation government doesn’t respect the mediators and guarantor states.” He was talking about what he called Israel’s ongoing “genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.”
Mohammed Hasan Abu Daqa, a resident of Khan Younis, Gaza, told CBS News that he thought Israel had broken the terms of the ceasefire.
Abu Daqa said, “We ask the Arab countries, world leaders, and the international community to stand with the people of Gaza.” People in Gaza are looking for food. They want to find water. They want to be free. They want the crossings to be open and for everyone to live a good life.
As both sides blame each other, it is still unclear if there will be lasting peace in the region, and civilians are once again caught in the middle of the fighting.
