WAR RESUMES: ISRAEL ATTACKS HAMAS, WARNS OF MORE ATTACKS
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Israeli forces launched large aerial attacks across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday morning, in the first major strikes on the territory since Israel’s cease-fire with Hamas began roughly two months ago. Gaza’s health ministry said more than 300 people had been killed in the attacks, which raised the prospect of a return to all-out war.
The attacks followed weeks of fruitless negotiations aimed at extending the fragile cease-fire, which began in mid-January and paused 15 months of devastating fighting in the territory. By Tuesday morning, it remained unclear whether the strikes were a brief attempt to force Hamas to compromise in the talks or the beginning of a new phase in the conflict.
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Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said Israel had consulted the White House before launching the strikes. The United States recently conducted a wave of strikes on the Houthi militant group in Yemen, which, like Hamas, is backed by Iran. The group has fired missiles and drones at Israel since the war began.