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| Israel 'resumes Gaza offensive' after Hamas rockets | |
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| The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) say they are resuming air, ground and naval raids on Gaza as Palestinian militants continue to fire rockets after rejecting a humanitarian truce. | |
| Israel had accepted a UN request for a 24-hour ceasefire, but warned it would act if it was breached by Hamas. | |
| Hamas said it would not accept a truce unless Israeli troops left Gaza and the displaced were allowed to return home. | |
| More than 1,000 Palestinians and 46 Israelis have been killed. | |
| A majority of those killed in Gaza are civilians, Palestinian health officials say, while 43 soldiers and three civilians have died on the Israeli side. | |
| On Saturday, many Gaza residents used the truce to gather supplies and retrieve bodies buried under rubble. | |
| The extended ceasefire was due to expire at midnight local time (21:00 GMT). | |
| 'Incessant rocket fire' | |
| "Following Hamas' incessant rocket fire throughout the humanitarian window, which was agreed upon for the welfare of the civilian population in Gaza, the IDF will now resume its aerial, naval and ground activity in the Gaza Strip," Israel's military said in a statement on Sunday morning. | |
| Israel's cabinet had decided to extend the humanitarian truce, which began on Saturday until the end of Sunday. | |
| However, there was no agreement from Hamas. | |
| The Israeli army also confirmed it would continue operations against tunnels used by Palestinian militants during the truce period. | |
| Hamas has accused Israel of using previous ceasefires to prepare more attacks, and claimed that there had been truce violations during Saturday. | |
| Israel launched its military offensive on 8 July with the declared objective of stopping Hamas firing rockets from Gaza into Israel. | |
| On 18 July, it extended operations with a ground offensive, saying it was necessary to destroy tunnels dug by militants to infiltrate Israel. |