Truce is Over: Israel Resumes Fighting Against Hamas

The Israel Defense Forces said on Friday that it resumed fighting Hamas in the Gaza Strip, accusing the Palestinian group of violating a humanitarian pause by firing into Israeli territory.

Hamas, in turn, blamed Israel for the renewed fighting in Gaza, and said that all of the movement's proposals to extend the truce were rejected.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the resumption of hostilities in the Gaza Strip causes nothing but deep regret.

The death toll from Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip on Friday exceeded 100, according to Palestinian media. The Hamas military wing Al-Qassam Brigades launched rocket attacks against the cities of Ashkelon, Sderot and Beer Sheva in response to the shelling of civilians, the organization said in a statement.

Take a look at Sputnik Africa's photo gallery covering the resumption of hostilities between Israel and Palestine.

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This picture taken from southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke rising from buildings after being hit by Israeli strikes in the battles between Israel and Hamas militants, on December 1, 2023.

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A Palestinian man carries an injured boy following the resumption of Israeli bombardment in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on December 1, 2023.

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Palestinians inspect the destruction following an Israeli strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 1, 2023.

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An injured girl sits in an ambulance following an Israeli air strike on the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip on December 1, 2023.

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A Palestinian man looks for survivors amid the destruction in a residential building following Israeli air strikes in the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip on December 1, 2023.

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This picture taken from southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke rising from buildings still smoldering after being hit by Israeli strikes in the battles between Israel and Hamas militants, on December 1, 2023.

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Palestinians inspect the destruction around residential buildings following Israeli air strikes in the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip on December 1, 2023, as fighting resumed shortly after the expiration of a seven-day truce between Israel and Hamas militants.

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A Palestinian woman reacts as people check the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli air strikes on the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip on December 1, 2023.