Israel launches Gaza airstrikes, trades accusations of ceasefire violations with Hamas
Israel launched airstrikes on southern Gaza early Sunday and accused Hamas of violating the ceasefire by carrying out attacks on its forces.Hamas restated its commitment to the deal brokered by President Donald Trump and said it had no knowledge of any clashes. A senior official accused Israel of working to “fabricate flimsy pretexts” for its own actions.
The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement that it had begun strikes in the Rafah area "to eliminate the threat" posed by militants and "dismantle tunnel shafts and military structures used for terrorist activity."
Israel said it was acting "in accordance with the ceasefire agreement," accusing militants of firing an anti-tank missile and gunfire toward IDF troops in the area. These actions "constitute a blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement, and the IDF will respond firmly," it said.
An Israeli military official earlier accused Hamas of a "bold violation of the ceasefire" with incidents including a rocket-propelled grenade attack and a sniper attack against Israeli forces.

Israel launches Gaza airstrikes, trades accusations of ceasefire violations with Hamas
Israel said that Hamas had carried out “a blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement” with attacks on its forces in the Rafah area. Hamas restated its commitment to the truce and said it had no knowledge of any clashes.
