以色列周二夜间对加沙进行了一系列“广泛的打击”,发誓要打开“地狱之门”,因为哈马斯没有释放剩余的人质。据加沙卫生部称,至少有424名巴勒斯坦人在袭击中丧生。
以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡在周二的一次讲话中表示,从现在开始,以色列将“加大对哈马斯的打击力度”。
“从现在开始,谈判只能在受到攻击的情况下进行。在过去的24小时里,哈马斯已经感受到了我们军队的存在,我向你们保证:这仅仅是开始。
内塔尼亚胡说:“对哈马斯的军事打击和释放我们的人质这两个目标并不矛盾,它们是交织在一起的。”。
以色列外长吉迪恩·萨尔星期二说,在加沙的行动“不是一天的行动”
“我们将在未来几天继续军事行动,”萨尔周二对美国亲以色列游说团体AIPAC说。"美国人在袭击前得到通知,并支持袭击,因为正义站在我们一边。"
内塔尼亚胡和国防部长伊斯雷尔·卡茨说,以色列国防军的目标是整个地区的哈马斯恐怖分子。
内塔尼亚胡的办公室在周二的一份声明中表示,“从现在开始,以色列将加强军事力量,打击哈马斯。”。
以色列国防军宣布第二波空袭发生在当地时间下午早些时候。据以色列国防军称,遭到袭击的目标包括恐怖组织用来计划和实施恐怖行为的恐怖小组、发射场、武器和额外的军事基础设施,这些对以色列国防军部队和以色列公民构成了威胁。
哈马斯行政和民事部门的几名成员在夜间的袭击中丧生,包括内政部副部长Mahmoud Abu Tuffah少将和司法部副部长Omar Al-Hatta。
第一轮攻击的目标是加沙的一些地区,包括拉法、汗尤尼斯、代尔拜莱赫、努塞拉特、布雷吉、扎伊通、卡拉马和拜特哈嫩。以色列国防军的阿拉伯语发言人发布了涵盖加沙整个周边地区的广泛撤离命令。居民被警告“立即疏散到加沙城西部已知的避难所和汗尤尼斯的避难所。”
据外交部称,以色列领导人“几天前”做出了恢复对加沙地带袭击的决定。尽管以色列在上周派出代表团进行停火谈判。
据该部称,在一夜之间被杀害的巴勒斯坦人中,174名是儿童,89名是妇女。该部在一系列更新中表示,加沙的死亡人数在整个上午都在稳步上升。该部称,至少有562人受伤。
无国界医生组织表示,他们已经在加沙各地接收了数十名死伤者。
“我们在当地时间凌晨2点左右醒来,听到20分钟的空袭和重炮,就像过去15个月的战争一样。我们对这些新的不可接受的屠杀平民的行为感到震惊和愤怒,”无国界医生组织的紧急情况负责人克莱尔·尼科莱特说。
卡茨在一份声明中说:“今晚,由于哈马斯拒绝释放人质,并威胁要伤害以色列国防军士兵和以色列社区,我们回到了加沙的战斗中。”。
“如果哈马斯不释放所有人质,地狱之门将在加沙打开,”他补充说。
一名以色列官员告诉美国广播公司新闻,先发制人的进攻将继续“只要有必要”,并将“扩大到空袭以外”
沙特外交部谴责“恢复对加沙地带的侵略及其对平民区的直接炮击,无视国际人道主义法。”
埃及外交部也发表声明说,它“强烈谴责”以色列对加沙的空袭,这是对停火的“公然违反”,是“危险的升级”。这可能会给该地区的稳定带来严重后果。”
该官员说,袭击的目标是哈马斯的中级军事指挥官、领导官员和基础设施。
“The国防军是有准备的,并分布在所有领域,无论是人员驻守边境和防空阵列,”该官员补充说。
极右翼以色列部长Ben Gvir及其政党在今年早些时候停火生效时离开后,重新加入了内塔尼亚胡在以色列议会的联盟。
Gvir持极端观点,希望内塔尼亚胡在加沙走得更远。三月底将对以色列的预算进行投票。
根据以色列法律,如果内塔尼亚胡的联盟无法通过该预算,他的政府就会垮台。
以色列国防军在一份声明中说,一枚从也门发射的弹道导弹在进入以色列领土之前被以色列空军拦截。当地时间下午7点左右,以色列中部和南部的几个地方启动了红色警报。
胡塞人表示,由于停火被打破,他们发动了罢工,并表示他们将扩大罢工。
内塔尼亚胡和卡茨表示,在哈马斯“拒绝了所有提议”与美国中东特使史蒂夫·维特科夫(Steve Witkoff)达成决定性人质交易后,以色列国防军的防御方针发生了变化。
哈马斯在周二的一份声明中表示,推翻停火协议和一系列袭击将“加沙的囚犯置于未知的命运中”
白宫新闻秘书卡罗琳·莱维特(Karoline Leavitt)在福克斯新闻频道露面时表示,以色列官员就袭击加沙的决定咨询了特朗普政府。
本月早些时候,总统唐纳德·特朗普在他的社交媒体上威胁哈马斯关于剩余人质的“最后警告”。
特朗普3月7日在Truth Social上写道,如果哈马斯不遵守,它将“结束”。
他补充说:“我将向以色列提供完成任务所需的一切,如果你不照我说的做,没有一个哈马斯成员会安全。”
维特科夫重申了总统当时的威胁,称“我不会考验特朗普总统。”
据信有59名人质仍留在加沙,其中24人可能还活着。伊丹·亚历山大是最后一名活着的美国-以色列人质。
Israel hits Gaza with 'extensive strikes,' killing over 400 and ending ceasefire
Israelhit Gaza with a series of "extensive strikes" overnight Tuesday, vowing to open the "gates of hell" because Hamas has not released the remaining hostages. At least 424 Palestinians were killed in the strikes, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.
Israel will act against Hamas "with increasing intensity" from now on, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an address Tuesday.
"From now on, negotiations will only take place under fire. Hamas has already felt the presence of our force in the last 24 hours and I want to assure you: This is just the beginning," Netanyahu said.
"The military strike on Hamas and the release of our hostages are not contradictory goals -- they are goals that are intertwined," Netanyahu said.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said Tuesday the operation in Gaza is "not a one-day operation."
"We will continue the military campaign in the coming days,” Saar said, speaking to American pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC, on Tuesday. "The Americans were informed before the attack and supported it because justice is on our side."
Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said the Israel Defense Forces are targeting Hamas terrorists throughout the region.
"Israel will, from now on, act against Hamas with increasing military strength," Netanyahu's office said in a statement on Tuesday.
The IDF announced a second wave of airstrikes took place in the early afternoon local time. Among the targets attacked were terrorist cells, launch sites, weapons and additional military infrastructure used by the terrorist organizations to plan and carry out terrorist acts, and which posed a threat to IDF forces and Israeli citizens, according to the IDF.
Several members of Hamas' administrative and civil wings were killed in the strikes overnight including Deputy Minister of the Interior Maj. Gen. Mahmoud Abu Tuffah and Deputy Minister of Justice Omar Al-Hatta.
The first round of strikes targeted areas in Gaza including Rafah, Khan Younis, Deir al-Balah, Nuseirat, Al-Bureij, Al-Zaytoun, Al-Karama and Beit Hanoun. The IDF's Arabic spokesperson issued a broad evacuation order covering the entire perimeter of Gaza. Residents were warned to "evacuate immediately to the known shelters in western Gaza City and those in Khan Younis."
Israeli leaders made the decision to resume strikes on Gaza "several days ago," according to the ministry of foreign affairs. This despite Israel sending delegations to negotiate the ceasefire in the last week.
Of the Palestinians killed overnight, 174 were children and 89 were women, according to the ministry. The human toll in Gaza had risen steadily throughout the morning, the ministry said in a series of updates. At least 562 others were injured, the ministry said.
Doctors Without Borders said it has received dozens of killed and injured at sites across Gaza.
"We woke up, at around 2 a.m. local time, to 20 minutes of airstrikes and heavy artillery, just like the past 15 months of war. We are appalled and outraged by these new unacceptable massacres of civilians," said Claire Nicolet, Doctors Without Borders's head of emergencies.
"Tonight we returned to fighting in Gaza due to Hamas' refusal to release the hostages and threats to harm IDF soldiers and Israeli communities," Katz said in a statement.
"If Hamas does not release all the hostages, the gates of hell will open in Gaza," he added.
An Israeli official told ABC News the preemptive offensive will continue "as long as necessary," and will "expand beyond air strikes."
The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the "resumption of aggression against the Gaza Strip and their direct shelling of civilian areas, with no regard for international humanitarian law."
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry also issued a statement saying it "strongly condemns" the Israeli airstrikes of Gaza, which constitute a "blatant violation" of the ceasefire and represents a "dangerous escalation. That threatens to have severe consequences for the stability of the region."
The strikes targeted Hamas' mid-ranking military commanders, leadership officials and infrastructure, the official said.
"The IDF is prepared and spread out in all arenas, both in personnel manning the borders and the Aerial Defence Array," the official added.
Far-Right Israeli Minister Ben Gvir and his party have rejoined Netanyahu's coalition in the Knesset, after leaving when the ceasefire went into effect earlier this year.
Gvir has extreme views and wants Netanyahu to go even further in Gaza. There is a vote on Israel's budget at the end of March.
If Netanyahu's coalition fails to pass that budget, his government falls, according to Israeli law.
A ballistic missile launched from Yemen was intercepted by the Israeli Air Forces prior to crossing into Israeli territory, the IDF said in a statement. Red alert sirens were activated in several parts of central and southern Israel around 7 p.m. local time.
The Houthis said the strike was launched due to the ceasefire being broken, and said they will expand their strikes.
Netanyahu and Katz said the changes to the IDF's defensive guidelines come after Hamas "rejected all offers" on a conclusive hostage deal with Steve Witkoff, the U.S.'s special envoy to the Middle East.
Hamas said in a statement Tuesday that overturning the ceasefire agreement and the series of strikes put "the prisoners in Gaza at an unknown fate."
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in an appearance on Fox News that the Trump administration was consulted by Israeli officials on their decision to strike Gaza.
Earlier this month, PresidentDonald Trumptook to his social media to threaten Hamas with a "last warning" about the remaining hostages.
Trump wrote on Truth Social on March 7 that "it will be OVER" for Hamas if it does not comply.
"I am sending Israel everything it needs to finish the job, not a single Hamas member will be safe if you don't do as I say," he added.
Witkoff reiterated the president's threat at the time, saying, "I wouldn't test President Trump."
Fifty-nine hostages are believed to remain in Gaza -- 24 of whom are presumed to be alive. Edan Alexander is the last American-Israeli hostage to remain alive in captivity.