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Hamas doesn’t want an escalation, but it will not surrender,
said one Palestinian analyst close to the militant group, which has been weakened by a 15-month war with Israel We are committed to continuing the war after a pause, in order to complete the goal of eliminating Hamas. I’m not willing to give up on that,
The blame for the resumption of hostilities lies solely with Hamas,
We support Israel in its next steps,
she said, while rejecting allegations that Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were conducting indiscriminate attacks The IDF is striking Hamas positions,
This morning, the moment we realised that we were going back to war, the first thing I thought about was: what about the hostages? This is a death sentence for the hostages, and it's simply terrible,
said Muriel Aranov, a 62-year-old pensioner living in Tel Aviv We are at an impasse, we have said 'yes' more than once to concrete proposals from the US special envoy to extend the ceasefire, and Hamas has said 'no',
foreign ministry spokesperson Oren Marmorstein said in a briefing Now it becomes clear -- the public officials did not meet with them because they were planning the explosion of the ceasefire, which could sacrifice their family members,
Netanyahu is waging a holding action on every possible front – against early elections, against a state commission of inquiry [into the 7 October attacks], against a deal that would bring back the 59 remaining hostages, living and dead,
wrote Haaretz’s Amos Harel These attacks are part of a series of Israel’s continued provocations that threaten the ceasefire and undermine prospects for peaceful negotiations toward a two-state solution,
stated Indonesia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Indonesia reaffirms its consistent stance that ending Israel’s illegal occupation is the only path to achieving a just and lasting peace in the region,
They set the alarm to wake up for suhoor, and they wake up to death? They don’t wake up?”
My children died while they were hungry,
she said, as funeral prayers were held over their bodies I went out to see where the bombing was. Suddenly the second strike happened in the room next to us,
This nightmare scenario has been on everyone’s mind,
We are monitoring the situation very closely and, of course, we are waiting for it to return to a peaceful course,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Moscow deeply regrets Israel's resumption of its military operation in the Gaza Strip,
the Foreign Ministry said The casualties are being brought in on donkey carts because there is no fuel for cars. Hospitals are reeling,
said one senior humanitarian official based in the central town of Deir al Balah One lesson of the war so far is … don’t give your enemy supplies,
said Amos Yadlin, a former head of Israel’s military intelligence service They are pretty much back in charge, mainly because there’s no one else to really challenge them. People who we were dealing with before the war are popping up again in their old jobs,
said one humanitarian official earlier this week