Medics in Gaza say children among the dead as Israel bombs at least 35 areas across the strip despite ceasefire

• Deaths reported in Gaza as Israeli military conducts ‘extensive strikes’ despite ceasefire

A senior Hamas official has told Reuters that Israel is unilaterally ending the Gaza ceasefire agreement.

They said the move would expose Israeli hostages to an unknown fate.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz have instructed the IDF to take strong action against the Hamas terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip.

This follows Hamas’s repeated refusal to release our hostages, as well as its rejection of all of the proposals it has received from US Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff and from the mediators.