Yesterday, Hamas violated the current ceasefire in Israel and attacked IDF troops using RPG and sniper fire. As a result, IDF reservist Efi Feldbaum was killed.
Trump and JD Vance both agreed that Israel had the right retaliate.
President Trump, speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One: "Hamas hit an Israeli soldier, and Israel fired back. They need to fire back. This will not endanger the ceasefire. Hamas needs to behave properly."
JD Vance said that 'skirmishes will occur' but that he was confident the ceasefire would hold.
After coordinating a response with the U.S., Netanyahu instructed the IDF to conduct retaliatory powerful strikes.
The IDF then struck terror targets in the Strip. These included the area around the al-Swarha cemetery west of Zuwayida in central Gaza, a vehicle in Khan Yunis and in Manusirat.
Sources report that some 63 people have been killed in Israeli raids across the Gaza Strip, including 11 in Gaza City. Among the casualties are senior Hamas commanders Abdullah Al-Lidawi (Abu Ubayda), commander of the Imad Aqal Martyrs’ Brigade, and Taj al-Din al-Wahidi, commander of the West Jabalia Camp Battalion. Al-Lidawi succumbed to his wounds after being critically injured, while al-Wahidi was killed on the spot.
