[News] Hamas denies any link to Rafah incident, 'Israel' shatters Gaza truce

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Hamas denies any link to Rafah incident, 'Israel' shatters Gaza truce
Al Mayadeen English
October 28, 2025
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The Israeli occupation has launched "immediate and powerful strikes in the
Gaza Strip" as ordered by Netanyahu.

   - [image: Al-Qassam Brigades fighters carry a white bag believed to
   contain a body, retrieved from a tunnel during a search for the remains of
   Israeli captives in Hamad City, Khan Younis, southern Gaza, Tuesday, Oct.
   28, 2025 (AP)]
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   Al-Qassam Brigades fighters carry a white bag believed to contain a body,
   retrieved from a tunnel during a search for the remains of Israeli captives
   in Hamad City, Khan Younis, southern Gaza, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025 (*AP*)

Hamas has denied any links
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/gaza-officials-report-47-israeli-breaches-of-ceasefire-since>
to the reported incident that took place in Rafah on Tuesday, where an
Israeli troop was wounded in sniper fire, condemning the Israeli airstrikes
that targeted the enclave as violations of the ceasefire agreement.

In a statement, Hamas affirmed that it has no connection to the shooting
incident in Rafah and reiterated its commitment to the ceasefire agreement.

It added that the "criminal bombardment carried out
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/qatar-condemns-israeli-violations-of-gaza-ceasefire-agreemen>
by the occupying fascist army on areas of the Gaza Strip represents a
blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement signed in Sharm El-Sheikh
under the auspices of President Trump."

Furthermore, Hamas asserted that the attacks are part of ongoing violations
that have occurred in recent days, causing deaths and injuries and keeping
the Rafah crossing closed
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/icj-to-deliver-opinion-on--israel-s--obligations-toward-un-a>,
reflecting a deliberate effort to disregard the ceasefire agreement and
thwart its implementation.

Hamas concluded its statement by calling on the mediators overseeing the
agreement to take immediate action to pressure the occupying forces, curb
their brutal escalation against civilians in the Gaza Strip, halt their
serious violations of the ceasefire, and ensure full compliance with all
its terms.
'Israel' bombards Gaza with airstrikes, shattering truce

*Al Mayadeen*’s correspondent reported on Tuesday that five Palestinians
were killed as Israeli occupation forces bombed a civilian vehicle on
Al-Qassam Street in Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip.

Furthermore, Israeli forces carried out airstrikes
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/gaza-moh--israeli-violations-of-ceasefire-leave-more-martyre>
on the city of Rafah in southern Gaza, while another airstrike targeted the
al-Shati' refugee camp, west of Gaza City.

Additional Israeli airstrikes targeted a plot of land surrounding Al-Shifa
Medical complex in the al-Rimal neighborhood in Gaza City, while a separate
airstrike targeted eastern Gaza City.

In Gaza City, Israeli warplanes targeted the al-Zaytoun neighborhood in the
eastern part of the city, while in the south, "Israel" struck a home
belonging to the al-Banna family in the al-Sabra neighborhood, killing four
and injuring several, including a child and an infant.

In detail, Israeli strikes hit a multi-story home belonging to the al-Banna
family
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/gaza-massacre--israeli-attack-kills-11-from-one-family>
in the al-Sabra neighborhood in southern Gaza City, according to Gaza Civil
Defense spokesperson Mahmoud Basal. Civil defense and medical teams were
able to recover three bodies and evacuate more than ten injured individuals
to hospitals, while rescue crews continue searching for people trapped
under the rubble
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/from-rubble-to-graveyards--gaza-continues-recovering-its-mar>
.

Moreover, Israeli aircraft struck a tent sheltering displaced people near
the al-Sawarḥa cemetery, west of al-Zawayda in central Gaza, causing
multiple injuries.
IOF accuse Hamas of slowing down a process 'Israel' is hindering

"Israel" claims that the airstrikes were in response to Hamas “violating
the agreement and refusing
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/gaza-truce-breaches-persist-as-israeli-forces-destroy-homes>
to hand over the prisoners’ bodies,” in addition to claims that an Israeli
troop was wounded by sniper fire in Rafah.

Earlier, Hamas had accused "Israel" of obstructing efforts to recover the
bodies of its captives
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel--receives-bodies-of-two-soldiers-killed-in-gaza>
by blocking the entry of heavy machinery and equipment necessary to speed
up search operations, adding that "Israel" had explicitly refused to allow
joint teams from the International Committee of the Red Cross and the
Palestinian Resistance to access several areas in the Gaza Strip to this
end.

The movement stressed that "Israel’s" claims about the Resistance slowing
down in handling this issue were baseless and that the occupation aimed
through these claims to mislead public opinion and fabricate false pretexts
in preparation for taking new aggressive actions.
Al-Qassam postpones captive handover after Israeli strikes

Meanwhile, the al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing, said it is
postponing the handover of an Israeli captive's body that was set for
today, citing violations by the Israeli occupation
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel--obstructing-gaza-body-recovery--creating-false-clai>.
Earlier on Tuesday, the al-Qassam Brigades discovered the body of an
Israeli captive while conducting searches in a tunnel in southern Gaza.

The Brigades warned that any Israeli escalation would hinder search and
excavation operations
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hamas-hands-body-of-israeli-captive-under-ceasefire-agreemen>
and
the recovery of bodies, which would delay the occupation forces from
reclaiming the bodies of their captives.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, following security
consultations, instructed the military to carry out immediate, intensive
strikes on the Gaza Strip
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/gaza-moh--israeli-violations-of-ceasefire-leave-more-martyre>,
according to his office. Israeli media also reported that "Israel" had
informed the US mechanism in Kiryat Gat in advance of its intention to
carry out airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.
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