Israel strikes Gaza and suspends aid delivery, after IDF and Hamas accuse each other of breaking ceasefire
----- ""Trump’s Sham Peace Plan" [...]It is a sadistic game. A merry-go-round of death. This ceasefire, like those of the past, is a commercial break. A moment when the condemned man is allowed to smoke a cigarette before being gunned down in a fusillade of bullets.
Once Israeli hostages are released, the genocide will continue. I do not know how soon. Let’s hope the mass slaughter is delayed for at least a few weeks. But a pause in the genocide is the best we can anticipate. Israel is on the cusp of emptying Gaza, which has been all but obliterated under two years of relentless bombing. It is not about to be stopped. This is the culmination of the Zionist dream. The United States, which has given Israel a staggering $22 billion in military aid since Oct, 7, 2023, will not shut down its pipeline, the only tool that might halt the genocide.
Israel, as it always does, will blame Hamas and the Palestinians for failing to abide by the agreement, most probably a refusal — true or not — to disarm, as the proposal demands. Washington, condemning Hamas’s supposed violation, will give Israel the green light to continue its genocide to create Trump’s fantasy of a Gaza Riviera and “special economic zone” with its “voluntary”relocation of Palestinians in exchange for digital tokens." -----
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Israeli strikes east of Khan Younis
Summary
* Israel carries out a "wave of strikes" on southern Gaza and says it will suspend the delivery of aid, after the Israel Defense Forces and Hamas accuse each other of breaching their ceasefire
* The IDF earlier today said Hamas "fired an anti-tank missile and gunfire toward IDF troops" near Rafah, but the militant group says it is unaware of any clashes there
* Hamas has said Israel "continues to breach the agreement", while the IDF says the alleged attack by Hamas is a "bold violation of the ceasefire"
* Elsewhere, a doctor at al-Aqsa Hospital says nine Palestinians have been killed in central Gaza by Israeli air strikes on al-Zawaida and Nuseirat
* The Israeli military launched a campaign in Gaza in response to the 7 October 2023 attack, in which Hamas-led gunmen killed about 1,200 people in southern Israel and took 251 others hostage
* More than 68,000 people have been killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza since then, according to the Hamas-run health ministry
Live Reporting Edited by Jack Burgess 04:19
Hamas says its delegation has arrived in Egypt's capital Cairo to follow-up on the implementation of the ceasefire agreement with mediators and Palestinian groups.
Chief Hamas negotiator Dr Khalil al-Hayya will lead the delegation, Hamas posted on the messaging app Telegram.
Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump and the leaders of Egypt, Qatar and Turkey signed a declaration for bringing peace to Gaza at a summit in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el- Sheikh.
A ceasefire in Gaza took effect on Friday 10 October after Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of Trump's 20-point peace plan. However, as we've been reporting, the ceasefire plans now appear to be in serious jeopardy.
'It's increasingly difficult to call this a ceasefire any longer' - BBC's Frank Gardner 04:05
The BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner, reporting from Jerusalem, analyses the current state of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and the prospects for both sides in the coming days.
"This is deeply worrying for those people who thought that this war was over," he says in this short video: 01:12 Watch: The BBC's Frank Gardner reports from Jerusalem
Dozens of Hamas targets struck in Gaza, Israel's military says 03:54
The Israeli military has just put out another update on strikes in the Gaza Strip. The statement says that the Israel Defense Forces has struck "dozens of Hamas terror targets" and reiterates its accusation that Hamas has "blatantly violated the ceasefire agreement".
Here is the statement in full:
Over the past few hours, in response to the blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement earlier today (Sunday), the IDF struck dozens of Hamas terror targets throughout the Gaza Strip.
The targets struck included, weapons storage facilities, infrastructure used for terrorist activity, firing posts, terrorist cells, and additional terrorist infrastructure sites.
The IDF also struck and dismantled six kilometers of underground terrorist infrastructure, using over 120 munitions. The underground site was used by the terrorist organization to advance attacks against the State of Israel.
The Hamas terrorist organization blatantly violated the ceasefire agreement this morning.
The IDF will continue to respond firmly and will operate to eliminate any threat to the State of Israel.
As a reminder, Hamas says it's "unaware" of any clashes in Rafah that Israel has accused it of and adds that it "remains committed to the ceasefire agreement". Hamas accuses Israel of "violating the deal and fabricating pretexts to justify its crimes".
Analysis Ceasefire at risk, less than a week after it was agreed 03:36
Nomia Iqbal North America correspondent
US President Donald Trump, standing at podium, delivering a speech at a summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.Image source, EPA/Shutterstock
It's not even been a week and that delicate ceasefire President Trump had triumphed in is by all accounts seriously damaged. Both the Israeli government and Hamas are blaming each other.
The Israeli Air Force is carrying out strikes against areas of the Southern Gaza Strip with the National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir calling for a resumption of fighting in the Gaza Strip at “full strength”.
It was only two days ago when we heard from two of President Trump's key negotiators in brokering the Israel-Hamas ceasefire. Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner told our partner station CBS that Israeli air strikes on Qatar during peace talks last month was a key motivation for President Trump in stopping the war.
Qatar were the negotiators' link to Hamas. They said "he had felt the Israelis were getting a little bit out of control in what they were doing."
We'll bring you reaction from the US administration when we get it.
Image shows Israeli strikes on Khan Younis 03:18
A picture that appears to show strikes east of Khan Younis Shehab News agency
We've just seen an image showing plumes of smoke over eastern Khan Younis, a city in the southern Gaza Strip.
The image is taken from footage shared on social media by a Palestinian journalist, which has been verified by the BBC.
This follows the Israeli military's announcement that it had begun a "wave of strikes" in southern Gaza.
Israel says it will suspend delivery of aid into Gaza
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