(VOVWORLD) - On the second day after a humanitarian truce expired, the Israeli army has stepped up full-swing attacks on the Gaza Strip and announced to freeze ceasefire negotiations with Hamas.
 Smoke rises after Israel's airstrikes in Gaza. (photo: Reuters) |
The Palestinian media said on Saturday that Israel continued ground and air attacks at targets in the North, South and Central Gaza, including some hospitals in northern Gaza.
The Palestinian health agency said on Saturday that the Israeli army's operation in Gaza since October 7th has killed more than 15,200 people and injured nearly 41,000 people, mostly civilians. The number of casualties is many times higher than the total number of casualties in all previous conflicts between Israel and Palestinian militant groups in Gaza since 2005 when Palestine took control of this land.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said its military operation in Gaza has gained important progress, including killing Hamas’s high-ranking leaders.
The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has recalled the team of negotiators of the intelligence agency, known as Mossad, from Qatar, which means to freeze negotiations on a new ceasefire with Hamas.