At least five Palestinians were killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on Monday amid Israel’s ongoing breach of the ceasefire deal that was reached in January.
One Israeli drone strike killed three men in central Gaza’s Bureij refugee camp who eyewitnesses said were gathering firewood while cooking to break their Ramadan fast.
“The young men were busy, not very far away from me, collecting firewood. But without warning, a missile hit them. Some other people were injured. We climbed a hill to try to help them, and we were shocked to see a quadcopter overhead. We are so terrified,” a woman who was at the scene told Al Jazeera.
The Israeli military claimed the drone strike killed “terrorists” who were planting explosives but offered no evidence for the claim.
Another strike in the Bureij refugee camp killed two Palestinians. According to medics, the victims were a father and son who were sheltering at a school in the camp.
Israel has ramped up attacks on Gaza since March 2, the day it imposed a total blockade on aid, fuel, medicine, and all other goods in Gaza, causing food rationing as aid groups are running out of supplies. The single deadliest Israeli strike occurred on Saturday when nine Palestinians were killed in a bombing that targeted an aid group.
Israel repeatedly violated the ceasefire deal since the truce went into effect on January 19, killing over 150 Palestinians. Israel also violated the agreement by refusing to enter negotiations on the second phase and by imposing a total blockade after the end of the first phase.
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Israel 'ends' Gaza ceasefire after killing hundreds of Palestinians in extensive airstrikes. https://www.newarab.com/news/gaza-ceasefire-ends-after-israeli-airstrikes-kill-hundreds
Medics and local witnesses reported more than 200 Palestinians killed, with more than 150 others wounded from airstrikes and artillery shelling. Among the casualties were women and children, including those sheltering in the Al-Tabi'in School in the Al-Daraj neighborhood. The attack also targeted Palestinian refugees in tents in the Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza.
In a statement, the Israeli military said it was prepared to continue attacks against Hamas commanders and infrastructure in Gaza for as long as needed and would expand the campaign beyond airstrikes with a potential ground invasion.
In response, Hamas warned that Israel's new attacks in Gaza breach the ceasefire and put the fate of the hostages in jeopardy. The Palestinian group, which has for weeks accused Israel of not being interested in a truce, said Israel '"decided to overturn the ceasefire agreement" in a released statement on Tuesday.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) also condemned Israel accusing it of continuing its "war of extermination" on Gaza after "deliberately sabotaging all efforts to reach a ceasefire". In a statement, the group said the renewed attack by Netanyahu and his "bloodthirsty Nazi government" will not give Israel "superiority over the resistance, neither on the ground nor in negotiations".
"We affirm that what Netanyahu and his barbaric army failed to achieve in 15 months of crimes and bloodshed, they will not succeed in achieving again, thanks to the steadfastness of our oppressed people and the courage of our mujahideen in the fields of… resistance," the PIJ said.
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