Israel Bombardir Gaza, 254 People Died

Gaza/DOK UN News Condition

JAKARTA - Israel's airstrikes on Gaza killed 254 people. This attack threatened a two-month ceasefire as Israel vowed to use force to free the remaining hostages in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered the military to take "hard action" against the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in Gaza in response to the group's refusal to release hostages who were trapped there and rejected the ceasefire proposal.

"Israel will, from now on, act against Hamas by increasing its military power," the Israeli prime minister's office said.

After a great attack, Israeli soldiers issued evacuation orders for a number of environments in Gaza.

Meanwhile, Hamas accused Israel of canceling the ceasefire deal fought hard, leaving the fate of the 59 hostages still detained in Gaza uncertain.

Israel's intense new pressure on Hamas comes as tensions flare elsewhere in the Middle East, a major supplier of oil to the global market, which has caused the Gaza war to spread to Lebanon, Yemen, and Iraq.

US President Donald Trump said on Monday he would hold Iran accountable for further attacks on international shipments made by the Houthis.

Attacks in Gaza were reported to have occurred in several locations. Palestinian health ministry officials said many of the dead were children.

The Israeli military said it was attacking dozens of targets, and that attacks would continue as long as necessary and surpass airstrikes, raising prospects that Israeli ground forces could continue fighting.

The attack was much broader on the scale than an ordinary drone strike Israel said had recently carried out against suspected militant individuals or small groups, and followed a weeks-long failed attempt to approve an extension of the ceasefire agreed on January 19.