The week-long truce between the Palestinian terror group Hamas and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) ended on Friday morning local time as Hamas launched rockets toward Israel, prompting the IDF to launch airstrikes on Hamas targets in Gaza City.
The first rockets were identified at 5:42 a.m. local time, just over an hour before the truce was to expire. At 7:06 a.m. local time, six minutes after the formal expiration of the truce, the IDF announced via Telegram that it had resumed combat operations.
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The resumption of hostilities came despite media reports that Egypt and Qatar had negotiated an eighth day of hostage and prisoner releases, and despite urging by the White House for an extension of the “pause” in fighting and against Israel’s future war plans.
Update: The Prime Minister’s Office has released a statement (via the Times of Israel) in which it stated that Hamas had failed to live up to its obligations under the truce, including a commitment to release all female hostages, among other broken promises.
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