&imwidth=800&imheight=600&format=webp&quality=medium "Netanyahu orders immediate ‘powerful strikes’ on Gaza; Hamas postpones hostage body handover")
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday (Oct 28) ordered the military to conduct intense strikes on the Gaza Strip. This comes following accusations that Hamas has violated the ceasefire brokered by US President Donald Trump. Minutes later, Hamas said that it was postponing the hostage body handover due to Israeli truce ‘violations’.
“Following security consultations, Prime Minister Netanyahu instructed the military to immediately carry out powerful strikes in the Gaza Strip,” a statement from his office said.
Israel’s military has also accused the Palestinian militant group of faking a search for the remains of a Gaza hostage’s body.
“Yesterday (Monday) Hamas operatives were documented removing body remains from a structure that had been prepared in advance and burying them nearby,” the military said in a statement, attaching drone footage which it said showed the act.
Israel accuses Hamas of ‘clear violation of agreement’
On late Monday (Oct 27), Hamas handed over what it said was the 16th of 28 hostage bodies to Israel as part of the ceasefire deal, which came into effect on October 10. However, Israeli forensic examination revealed that the Palestinian group had handed over partial remains of a hostage whose body had already been brought back around two years ago. Following this, Netanyahu’s office and a campaign group representing hostage families accused Hamas of breaching the ceasefire.
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Netanyahu’s office in a statement denounced a “clear violation of the agreement” after identification procedures revealed the latest remains belonged “to the fallen hostage Ofir Tzarfati, who had been returned from the Gaza Strip in a military operation about two years ago”.
Hamas postpones hostage body handover
Minutes after Netanyahu ordered strikes in Gaza, Hamas’ armed wing declared that it was postponing the handover of the hostage’s body, which was scheduled for Tuesday evening, after accusing Israel of ceasefire “violations”.
“We will postpone the handover that was scheduled for today due to the occupation's violations,” the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades said in a statement, adding that any Israeli “escalation will hinder the search, excavation, and recovery of the bodies.”
