On Wednesday, Israel resumed ground operations in the Gaza Strip, starting by seizing some key sites in central and southern Gaza. This comes after the resumption of bombardments of Gaza over the last few hours by units of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
The gloves, it seems, are off.
The Israeli military said Wednesday that it had launched “targeted ground activities” in Gaza, partially recapturing a key area in the territory, a day after launching an aerial bombardment of the Strip that shattered the two-month-old ceasefire with Hamas.
The operation followed Israel’s renewed bombardment of Gaza the day before, shattering the fragile ceasefire with Hamas. Israel accused Hamas of “repeatedly” refusing to release hostages and rejecting offers from mediators. Hamas, in turn, blamed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of unilaterally upending the truce…
