Dozens of Palestinians killed in new Israeli strikes since ceasefire deal

Dozens of Palestinians have been killed in fresh Israeli strikes on the besieged Gaza Strip despite a ceasefire agreement reached between the occupying regime and the Hamas resistance movement.

Gaza's highest death toll in over a week came on Thursday as Israel intensified its assault on northern Gaza following the announcement of a ceasefire deal late on Wednesday.

Media reports quoting sources confirmed that Israel had pounded several areas of the besieged territory since the announcement of the deal, killing at least 80 people.

Gaza's health ministry said at least 81 people had been killed over the past 24 hours and about 188 injured. 

The regime’s warplanes carried out several strikes on Gaza City, whereas, artillery shelled a residential housing block in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.

Dozens of people were killed in the two attacks. Several Palestinians were also killed in the southern city of Khan Yunis.

Six Palestinians were killed and many others injured following an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in the Jenin refugee camp. This is as the regime presses ahead of its daily invasions, abductions and violent policies in the occupied West Bank.

There has been no report of any retaliation operation by the Hamas resistance movement after the announcement of the truce deal. Hamas has said it is committed to the ceasefire agreement announced on Wednesday

Hamas says the resilience of Palestinians and their resistance as well as steadfastness against the Israeli campaign of death and destruction in Gaza has come to fruition. The ceasefire deal is being termed as a great victory for the Palestinian nation.

But the office of Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that it had canceled the planned Israeli security cabinet meeting to approve the deal.

Netanyahu’s office said that the Israeli cabinet "will not convene until the mediators notify Israel that "Hamas has accepted all elements of the agreement.”

Israel has accused Hamas of backtracking on parts of a fragile ceasefire.

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Hamas political bureau member Sami Abu Zuhri said there was "no basis" to Israel's accusations.

Various states, organizations, and resistance groups in the region and the world have reacted to the newly announced ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

Yemen's Ansarullah movement says the legacy of assassinated resistance commanders forced Israel to accept the ceasefire.  

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has also stressed that the priority must now be to reduce the immense suffering caused by war.

The European Union has called the ceasefire a positive step toward ending the violence.

Iran has congratulated Palestinians on the Gaza ceasefire, describing the deal as a historic victory resulting from the support of the people in Gaza for the resistance against the Israeli aggression.

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps hailed the Gaza deal as a great victory for the steadfast Palestinian nation and a massive defeat for the Israeli regime.

Under the terms of the agreement, a first batch of 33 hostages is expected to be released on Sunday in exchange for hundreds of Palestinians held in Israeli jails, and wounded people in Gaza will be allowed to leave for medical treatment.

Hamas: Ceasefire agreement result of steadfastness, resistance in Gaza over 15 months

Hamas hails announcement of a ceasefire in the Israeli regime’s genocidal war against the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli aggression against Gaza has killed more than 46,788 civilians so far and left more than 110,450 others injured.

 The majority of the victims are women and children. Thousands of people also remain unaccounted for.

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