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<h1 class="gmail-post-title entry-title"> Israel Steps Up Gaza
Attacks, Claims Hamas Attacked Forces in Rafah, Hamas Denies
Allegations: What We Know </h1>
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<p>Gaza (QNN)- Israeli forces have launched a series of attacks
across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, alleging that Hamas targeted
forces in the southern city of Rafah. However, the Palestinian
group denied the claims, confirming it is abiding by the
ceasefire agreement and is unaware of any fighting.</p>
<p><strong>What Happened?</strong></p>
<p>Israeli media reported that the Israeli military is carrying
out attacks in Rafah and elsewhere in Gaza.</p>
<p>Israel\u2019s public broadcaster claimed the strikes followed an
\u201cexchange of fire\u201d with Hamas fighters. There were also
reports about a detonation of an IED that caused damage and
injured soldiers in Rafah.</p>
<p>The Israeli military admitted it has carried out air strikes
in Rafah, claiming Hamas targeted its soldiers.</p>
<p>The military statement said Palestinian fighters fired
antitank missiles and guns in the direction of its soldiers.
The Israeli army then responded with air raids.</p>
<p>Netanyahu also released a statement saying the military
action was taken after he consulted senior defence officials.</p>
<p>Hamas\u2019s military wing, the Qassam Brigades, responded to the
allegations, saying the group is adhering to the ceasefire
agreement with Israel and was unaware of fighting in Rafah.</p>
<p>\u201cWe have no knowledge of any incidents or clashes taking
place in the Rafah area, as these are red zones under the
occupation\u2019s control, and contact with the remaining groups of
ours there has been cut off since the war resumed in March of
this year,\u201d the Qassam said in a statement.</p>
<p><strong>Israel Attacks Gaza</strong></p>
<p>Israeli forces have stepped up attacks across Gaza, killing
several people and injuring others, in a clear violation of
the ceasefire agreement.</p>
<p>At least five civilians were killed and several others
injured in an Israeli strike on a café west of Deir al-Balah
in central Gaza on Sunday, according to local sources. The
attack reportedly targeted an area among tents sheltering
displaced families.</p>
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<p>Two Palestinians were also killed and many wounded in an
Israeli air raid in Jabalia, northern Gaza.</p>
<p>At least three others were killed in two Israeli airstrikes
targeting a gathering of civilians in Nuseirat camp in central
Gaza.</p>
<p><strong>What We Know</strong></p>
<p>According to Gaza\u2019s Government Media Office, Israel has
violated the ceasefire 47 times since the truce came into
effect, killing 38 Palestinians and wounding another 143.</p>
<p>\u201cThese violations have included crimes of direct gunfire
against civilians, deliberate shelling and targeting, and the
arrest of a number of civilians, reflecting the occupation\u2019s
continued policy of aggression despite the declared end of the
war,\u201d said the Office on Saturday.</p>
<p>Under the US-brokered ceasefire deal, which came into force
on October 10, the Israeli forces are stipulated to
\u201cimmediately end\u201d the genocide in Gaza, which has killed more
than 67,000 Palestinians in two years, including aerial and
artillery bombardment and targeted attacks and allow the flow
of aid.</p>
<p>Israel has also continued to seal Gaza\u2019s Rafah crossing with
Egypt despite repeated international calls to allow in
large-scale aid deliveries.</p>
<p>For several days, the United Nations has warned that there
has been little progress in aid deliveries into Gaza and that
assistance must enter at scale through all border crossings to
meet urgent humanitarian needs.</p>
<p>Last week, it announced it was intensifying its blockade of
Gaza by allowing only half the number of aid trucks it
promised to let in.</p>
<p>Hamas condemned Israel\u2019s decisions and attacks, calling them
\u201cblatant breach of the ceasefire terms and a denial of
Israel\u2019s commitments to mediators and guarantor states.\u201d</p>
<p>\u201cWar criminal Netanyahu is fabricating false excuses to
obstruct the agreement and evade his obligations.\u201d</p>
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