New air strikes on Gaza: Waffenruhe opened in flames!

New air strikes on Gaza: Waffenruhe opened in flames!

The situation in the Gaza Strip has dramatically pointed: after two months of ceasefire, the Israeli armed forces carried out massive air strikes that demanded over 400 lives, as the health authority controlled by the Hamas reported. There are numerous civilians among the victims, including women and children. These attacks marked the factual end of the already fragile ceasefire, which was agreed in January 2025.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the air strikes were an answer to the refusal of Hamas to released hostages and to reject American intermediaries. Attacks on Hamas leader like Mahmud Abu Watfa, head of the Hamas Interior Ministry, were also reported. According to information from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), her spokesman Naji Abu Saif also died. In the midst of this conflict freak, Hamas asked the intermediaries to hold Israel to break the ceasefire, while Netanyahu unequivocally explained that Israel would consistently pursue its war goals, which contains the complete destruction of Hamas.

negotiations and international reactions

The ceasefire arranged by the USA had finally failed in the night of Tuesday, which further put pressure on the civilian population in the Gaza Strip. Palestinians who had returned home during the ceasefire were again asked to leave their residential areas. In the meantime, Israel stopped all humanitarian aid deliveries and separated the last power supply to the Gaza Strip. International reactions, including criticism from France and Turkey as well as concerns from China and Russia, illustrate the tense geopolitical conditions. The family of a kidnapped soldier sharply criticized Netanyahu and accused him of endangering the hostages for his own political goals, while Israeli rights signaled support for the continuation of the military actions.

The new attacks also arose against the background that Hamas continues to hold a variety of hostages in their violence, including 24 living people and 35 dead. Despite the severe military strikes, the Israeli army planned to increase the pressure on Hamas. In the meantime, the conflict with the Huthi militia in Yemen, which has also reinforced its attacks on shipping in the Red Sea again-another sign for the complexity of the regional conflicts that could affect the entire stability in the Middle East. As Junge Freiheit , the conversations about a new waffle rest have already started, but it remains open whether they can actually lead to a de-escalation.

at the same time, the new entry into conflicts means that the civilian population, which has already been difficult to do, continues to carry Trimble in the Gaza Strip and the humanitarian situation is further deteriorating. According to reports, thousands of civilians have already fallen victim to the terrible conflict, which makes the urgency of a peaceful solution all the more important. This underlines the need to re-evaluate the situation by international actors, as in the article by OE24