"Israel's military said Wednesday that the ceasefire was back on in Gaza after it carried out heavy airstrikes overnight across the Palestinian territory that killed 104 people, including 46 children, according to local health officials. The strikes - the deadliest since the ceasefire was enacted on Oct. 10 - marked the most serious challenge to the tenuous truce to date."
"U.S. President Donald Trump, currently on a trip to Asia, defended the strikes, saying Israel was justified in carrying them out after what he said was an incident in which Hamas killed an Israeli soldier during an exchange of gunfire in Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza. Hamas denied any involvement in that deadly shooting and in turn accused Israel of violating the ceasefire deal."
Heavy Israeli airstrikes overnight in Gaza killed 104 people, including 46 children, and briefly interrupted a ceasefire before the military said the truce was back on. Israeli officials called the strikes retaliation after accusing Hamas of violating the ceasefire by returning partial remains of a hostage; Netanyahu ordered "powerful strikes" and officials alleged a staged discovery. Hamas denied involvement in a separate deadly Rafah shooting that Israel cited to justify strikes and said it would delay handing over another hostage body. Thirteen hostage bodies remain in Gaza, complicating progress on disarmament, international security deployment, and governance arrangements.
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