Prime Minister Netanyahu immediately ordered the strikes after a security assessment with defense officials.
The IDF struck infrastructure used by Hamas in the southern Gaza Strip after members of the terror group opened fire on soldiers, the Prime Minister's Office confirmed on Tuesday.
Hamas fired an anti-tank missile and fired on IDF soldiers in Rafah, which means an additional ceasefire violation by the terrorist group.
“Answer to [Hamas's] “The current violations will be much more significant than the last time's response,” the Israeli official said. Jerusalem Post.
IDF fires back to prevent Hamas from further endangering soldiers on the Israeli side Yellow lineA military source reported this.
Smoke rises over the Gaza Strip after an explosion, as seen from Israel, May 16, 2025. (Photo: REUTERS/AMMAR AWAD)
After assessing the situation and with the approval of Defense Minister Israel Katz, the security restrictions imposed by the IDF on October 7 in the Gaza border communities were lifted.
Israel considers five options if Hamas fails to return hostages' remains
Israel is working on five options if Hamas fails to recover the hostages' remains, Israeli security officials said Monday, including increased operational control, targeted escalation, operations to recover the hostages' remains, diplomatic pressure and ending existing agreements.
Hamas is also capable of returning a double-digit number of the remains of dead hostages and has not made sufficient efforts to return the remains.despite knowing the places of their burialsThis was reported by an Israeli source to public broadcaster KAN News two weeks ago.
Despite this, the terrorist group has said several times that it cannot find all the dead hostages in the Gaza Strip, emphasizing as recently as the same evening that it had already handed over all the hostages it could gain access to.
Finding the remaining hostages will require significant effort and special equipment. terrorist group claimed.
This is a developing story.
Amichai Stein and Amir Bogbot contributed to this report.
