Israel-Gaza newest: Trump backs Netanyahu’s determination to launch ‘powerful’ strikes and threatens Hamas | EUROtoday

New Zealand has deployed a defence power officer to Israel to report again on the progress made in the direction of the US-brokered peace deal in Gaza.

Defence minister Judith Collins informed reporters that the liaison officer will work from a US-led Civil Military Coordination Centre, no less than for the primary six weeks.

“The deployment will improve New Zealand’s understanding of co-ordination efforts on the ground and enable us to better assess options for any potential future contributions to the centre or other initiatives in support of sustained peace in Gaza,” she mentioned.

Ben Cohen, the co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, mentioned he was creating a brand new flavour of ice cream to assist Palestine after its dad or mum firm prevented him from doing so.

Cohen, 74, who co-founded the ice cream model in 1978 with Jerry Greenfield, mentioned in an Instagram put up that the model’s dad or mum firm, Unilever/Magnum, had blocked them from creating the watermelon flavour.

He mentioned: “A while back, Ben & Jerry’s tried to make a flavor to call for peace in Palestine – to stand for justice and dignity for everyone…but they weren’t allowed to.

“They were stopped by Unilever/ Magnum…just like when Ben & Jerry’s tried to stop selling ice cream in the occupied territories, they were blocked again by their parent company,” he added.

At least 63 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s attack on Gaza, Al Jazeera is reporting this morning.

The broadcaster has attributed the new toll to medical sources and said it included 24 children.

It said the dead include three people who were sheltering in a school in Beit Lahiya and another three in tents for displaced Palestinians in al-Mawasi.

Israel says it notified Donald Trump’s administration of its decision to carry out strikes in Gaza City in response to Hamas’s alleged ceasefire violations.

However, Washington was informed only after prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave the orders to his military to conduct the strikes on Gaza.

“The prime minister made the decision to carry out the strike, gave the order to the military to execute it and afterward informed the United States,” the prime minister’s workplace informed The Times of Israel.

An Israeli official added that “there were talks with the Americans” concerning Israel’s deliberate response earlier than the strikes have been carried out.

Israel accused Hamas of breaching the delicate ceasefire settlement on Tuesday after it acquired the “additional remains” of a hostage already retrieved in 2023.

Remains transferred from Gaza in a single day have been recognized as these of hostage Ofir Tzarfati, who was killed throughout Hamas’s October 7 assault, and whose stays have been recovered by Israeli forces initially of the warfare.

Hamas is predicted to return the stays of 13 hostages nonetheless held in Gaza as a part of a ceasefire association.

James C. Reynolds experiences.

The Israeli army as we speak claimed {that a} soldier was killed throughout preventing in southern Gaza, as Israeli planes have struck targets within the strip.

Israel launched a recent assault on Gaza final evening following accusations that Hamas had violated a ceasefire, the newest check of a fragile deal brokered earlier this month by US president Donald Trump.

The Al-Qassam Brigades, or the army wing of Hamas, has introduced that it managed to retrieve the our bodies of two Israeli hostages.

The group mentioned the stays of Amiram Cooper and Sahar Baruch have been recovered throughout a search operation final evening.

Under the ceasefire settlement, Hamas has agreed at hand over the stays of all lifeless hostages but to be recovered, however has mentioned it should take time to find and retrieve the our bodies amid Gaza’s ruins.

Israel says the militant group can entry the stays of many of the hostages.

At least 30 individuals have been killed and dozens suffered accidents after Israel launched a brand new assault final evening in a possible violation of a truce brokered by the US about three weeks in the past.

Israeli planes launched strikes in Gaza after Israel accused the militant group Hamas of violating a ceasefire within the Palestinian territory.

“At least 30 killed and dozens of wounded as a result of the Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip, and our crews are still working to recover the dead and wounded from under the rubble,” Mahmud Basal, a spokesperson for the Hamas-run civil defense agency, told AFP.

Hamas has denied responsibility for an attack on Israeli forces in Rafah, calling the allegations “baseless and geared toward deceptive public opinion”.

The group mentioned: “The occupation is looking for to manufacture false pretexts in preparation for taking new aggressive steps towards our individuals, in blatant violation of the ceasefire settlement.”

Hamas added that it remained committed to the ceasefire deal in Gaza.