The United Nations has demanded “justice and answers” after the bodies of 15 emergency and aid workers were recovered from a mass grave in Gaza.
Palestinians tend to blame Israel for the death,destruction and hunger that the war in Gaza has inflicted. But some blame Hamas,too,for starting it in the first place.
Meanwhile,E3 countries say they are “appalled” by the violence in Gaza and called for an immediate stop to strikes.
Israel warned attacks would increase. Now Hamas says the advance of ground forces in Gaza is a clear sign that Israel has backed out of the truce.
Israel’s surprise assault on Tuesday brought the deadliest day in Gaza since the start of the war. Now relatives of hostages fear they might not come home at all.
The Israeli prime minister has always had a hole in the heart of his war strategy. And with Gaza once more under attack,it remains as glaring as ever.
The United Nations says Israel has committed “genocidal acts” in Gaza,including by purposely bombing the enclave’s main fertility centre. Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected the findings.
An Israeli official said Israel learnt that the US was directly negotiating with Hamas through “other channels”.
Shin Bet has implicitly blamed the country’s political leadership for the October 7 attack,saying it was thwarted in its efforts to act on what it knew.
The IDF has released the report of its internal inquiry into the “historic failure” of October 7,2023.