The order to strike in the Palestinian territory came after security consultations. (Photo source: X/@netanyahu) Show Quick Read Summary is AI Generated. Newsroom Reviewed

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered “forceful strikes” against Hamas in response to attacks on Israeli soldiers in Gaza, jeopardizing a US-brokered ceasefire that’s held for just over two weeks.

The order to strike in the Palestinian territory came after security consultations, the Israeli leader’s office said Tuesday in a post on X. Defense Minister Israel Katz later said Hamas will “pay a heavy price” for attacking Israeli troops and violating a promise to return the bodies of dead hostages.

The Hamas attack “is a crossing of a red line to which the IDF will respond with great force,” Katz said in a state

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