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A senior Hamas official warns that Israel’s decision According to Associated Press, to resume the war against the terrorist group after the high -stagnant fire conversations is a “death sentence” for the remaining hostages.
That could include the Last American Hostage, Edan Alexander, who was born in Tel Aviv and grew up in New Jersey. A group of family members hostage expressed indignation for Israel’s decision.
The hostages and the missing families forum said Israel “chose to renounce the hostages” resuming war. The organization requested protests on Tuesday after air attacks, saying that “military pressure could even more endanger their lives and complicate efforts to take them home safely.”
There are still 59 hostages in Gaza, but Israel believes that only 24 of those who remain are alive. The high fire was destined to be carried out in two phases. However, conversations in phase two, which would have meant the end of war and the release of the remaining hostages, have stagnated.
The Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike in a residential building in Deir Al-Balah in the Central Gaza Strip on March 18, 2025. (Reuters/Ramadan Abed)
Israeli air attacks left more than 400 Palestinians, including women and children, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health led by Hamas. Fox News cannot independently confirm the number of deaths by the ministry controlled by a terrorist organization.
“The emergency room was only chaos, patients everywhere, on the floor,” Dr. Tanya Haj Hassan, volunteer of medical help for Palestinians based in the Nasser hospital, told the AP. Apparently he treated several patients who died in the emergency room.
This marks the end of a high fire of almost two months, which saw the launch of multiple hostages. The Israel Defense Forces (FDI) announced on Twitter that the Jewish State was carrying out “extensive strikes in terrorist objectives” in Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Center, with the Minister of Defense, Israel Katz, the head of IDF, Eyal Zamir and other security officials, carry out a security evaluation in Kirya in Tel Aviv.
The IDF said Tuesday that its objectives belonged to both Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and included launching positions, weapons and military infrastructure reserves.
According to reports, Egypt asked all parties to show moderation and work towards a high long -term fire, according to Reuters.
Hamas says that US-Israeli hostages will only be released if the fire is implemented
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu He met with security officials in Kirya, the version of the Pentagon of Israel, on Tuesday, after air attacks.
“Israel will act, from now on, against Hamas with the increase in military force,” according to the Netanyahu office he wrote in a series of publications in X when air attacks began.
A child sits in the midst of the rubble while the Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike in a house in Khan Younis in the Southern Gaza Strip on March 18, 2025. (Reuters/Hatem Khaled)
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Israel ordered the Palestinians to evacuate east of Gaza, indicating that the IDF could resume their terrestrial operations in the strip, according to Associated Press.
United Nations The Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights Volker Turk called “horrible” air attacks, saying “this nightmare must end immediately.”
“It’s time for countries in the world to take our unwavering commitment to return all our hostages home and defeat the enemy,” said Israeli UN ambassador, Danny Danon, in a statement. “Let me be clear: nothing will prevent us from fighting to free our hostages that have been retained in the brutal captivity of Hamas for 527 days.”
Trey Yingst, Louis Casiano, Landon Mion and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
