Israeli Military Now Attacks Beit Lahia Gaza, Targets Arms Warehouse

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JAKARTA - The Israeli military launched a "directed" attack on the Beit Lahia region in the northern Gaza Strip targeting the location of the weapons storage area.

The military said it was continuing the Gaza ceasefire agreement after a series of attacks on the region they claimed in response to Hamas' violations.

Residents in Gaza City said they heard explosions in northern Gaza and saw plumes of smoke.

In a previous statement, the Israeli military claimed to comply with a ceasefire agreement in Gaza, after airstrikes in Gaza killed 104 people.

Israel, which launched airstrikes in Gaza on Tuesday night, said it was stepping up the attack in retaliation for Palestinian militant actions killing a soldier.

The military has stressed that it will respond firmly to Gaza's "every violation" of the Gaza ceasefire.

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump said the US-backed ceasefire was not at risk even when Israeli planes attacked Gaza, with Israel and the militant group Hamas blaming each other for the violations of the ceasefire.

Gaza health authorities said Israeli attacks killed 104 people, including five people at home who were hit by an attack on the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, four people in buildings in the Sabra neighborhood, Gaza City, and five people in a car in Khan Younis.

"As far as I understand, they shot dead an Israeli soldier," Trump told reporters on the Air Force One plane. "So, Israel retaliated and they should have retaliated. When that happened, they should have responded," he added.

"Nothing will harm" the ceasefire, Trump said. "You have to understand that Hamas is just a small part of peace in the Middle East, and they have to be good," Trump said.