Israel has launched strikes on Gaza. It accuses Hamas of violating the truce

Israel carried out a series of airstrikes in Gaza City on the evening of October 28, Reuters reports. Israel notified the United States of the attacks in advance, the WSJ quoted a source as saying.

Launching "heavy strikes" on Gaza on the evening of October 28 was ordered by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Israeli government accused the Palestinian group Hamas of violating the terms of the truce. Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz said Hamas militants "crossed a red line" by firing at Israeli soldiers in Israeli-controlled territory in southern Gaza on Tuesday. Israel also accused Hamas of handing over the wrong remains in the process of returning the bodies of dead hostages to Israel.

Amid news of the airstrikes, the Israeli shekel weakened to a day's low, down 0.4% against the dollar, Bloomberg writes.

Hamas's actions and Israel's decision to strike threaten the ceasefire agreement brokered by Donald Trump that came into effect on October 10, Bloomberg writes. The agreement called for an end to the war triggered by the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel and the return to Hamas of all hostages and the remains of the dead. In return, Israel agreed to release nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, withdraw troops from most of the densely populated areas of the Gaza Strip and increase humanitarian supplies to the region. Since the deal began, both sides have claimed violations of the cease-fire.

U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance has expressed confidence that the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas will hold. "That doesn't mean there won't be small clashes from time to time," Vance told reporters on Capitol Hill(quoted by AP).

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