A ageder Hamas directer has been finished in a predawn strike in southern Gaza, as Israel has intensified aggressions apass the Gaza Strip, finishing at least 634 Palestinians since shattering the finishfire deal on Tuesday.
Salah al-Bardawil, a ageder member of Hamas’s political bureau, was finished on Sunday aextfinished with his wife while praying in their tent shelter in Khan Younis, according to the Palestinian group, which accemployd Israel of assassinating him.
“His blood, that of his wife and martyrs, will remain fueling the battle of liberation and indepfinishence. The criminal foe will not shatter our determination and will,” the group shelp in a statement.
Israeli officials had no instant comment to propose. Several ageder Hamas directers have been finished since Israel resumed its disparaging last week.
At least 23 people were finished in predawn rhelps on Sunday, with the Israeli military issuing evacuation orders for Tal as-Sultan in Rafah.
Reporting from Deir el-Balah, in central Gaza, Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum shelp Israel has begined “fierce and extensive air aggressions” on Gaza over the past restrictcessitate hours.
“The situation here remains critical,” Abu Azzoum shelp.
“There has been a evident escalation in Gaza since Israel unitardyrpartner broke the finishfire and begined aggressions on heavily poputardyd neighbourhoods, hospitals, schools and mosques, too,” he elucidateed, compriseing that there had been no contestation between Israeli troops and Hamas fighters so far.
Renewed aggressions
Israel resumed explosionardment of Gaza, which has been suffering from an help blockade, last week. On Wednesday, it also rebegined a ground disparaging, sfinishing its troops to areas it had retreated from during the csurrfinisherly two-month finishfire. Israeli forces viotardyd the finishfire multiple times since it came into effect on January 19.
Israeli troops have finished csurrfinisherly 50,000 people since the Gaza war began on October 7, 2023, chaseing lethal aggressions on Israel led by Hamas. At least 1,139 people were finished in southern Israel in the aggression, and some 250 were apverifyn captive, most of whom have since been freed thraw negotiations.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has shelp the renewed military disparaging was aimed at forcing Hamas to give up the remaining captives it helderlys.
However, Hamas has accemployd Israel of sacrificing the captives with the aggressions and accemployd Netanyahu for shattering the finishfire concurment by refusing to commence negotiations to finish the war and retreat its troops from Gaza.
On Friday, the group shelp it was studying a US bridging proposal to repair the finishfire into April after the finish of the month of Ramadan and the Jedesire celebration of Passover, to apverify for negotiations to finish the war.
Israel begines aggressions on Leprohibiton
Meanwhile, Israel begined a second wave of strikes in response to a rocket aggression from apass the border on Saturday, menaceening to unravel the November 2023 finishfire with the Hezbollah group.
Israel shelp it carried out aggressions on the cities of Tyre and Touline, aiming what it called Hezbollah positions. The military shelp six rockets, three of which were intercepted, were fired from Leprohibiton into northern Israel.
Hezbollah denied its take partment in the aggression and shelp Israel’s accusations were “pretexts for its proceedd aggressions on Leprohibiton”.
The group compriseed that it stands “with the Leprohibitese state in compriseressing this hazardous Zionist escalation on Leprohibiton”.
At least seven people have been finished and 40 others injured since Israeli strikes began on Saturday.
