Israeli Strikes in Gaza Kill at Least 100 : Shared by John Gilmartin

Gaza Mother in rubble: “This is a truce! What truce is this?”

President Trump in Air Force One: “You have to understand. Hamas is a very small part of the Middle East. They have to behave.”

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Israeli Strikes in Gaza Kill at Least 100, Local Health Officials Say

By Liam Stack and Bilal Shbair
The New York Times

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Summary
Israeli airstrikes across Gaza killed at least 100 people and wounded around 250 after Israel accused Hamas of violating a fragile cease-fire by failing to return bodies of Israeli captives and attacking troops in Rafah. Israel said the dead included “dozens of Hamas commanders,” while Gaza health officials reported 35 children among the victims and hospitals warned of severe shortages of medicines and supplies. The strikes briefly halted the truce before Israel announced its resumption, though more attacks followed later in the day. Qatar and other mediators expressed frustration but pledged to keep working to preserve the cease-fire as civilians mourned children and families killed in the renewed violence.

Quotes
“Dozens of Hamas commanders had been killed in the strikes.”
“The hospitals… are still facing a severe shortage of resources and a significant lack of medicines.”
“I woke up to my children screaming… Pieces of shrapnel came through the ceiling of my tent.”
“Nothing is going to jeopardize the cease-fire,” President Trump said, adding Israel “should hit back.”
“We wanted it to last forever… I have had enough. I don’t want this cease-fire to fail again.”