ISRAELI prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Tuesday's attack on Gaza which killed more than 400 Palestinians was "only the beginning".
Israel launched airstrikes across the Gaza Strip early on Tuesday, killing more than 400 Palestinians, health officials said, and shattering a ceasefire in place since January with its deadliest bombardment in a 17-month war on Gaza.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the strikes, which killed mostly women and children, after Hamas refused Israeli demands to change the ceasefire agreement.
All further ceasefire negotiations will take place “under fire” he said.
A spokesperson from Netanyahu's office added: “Israel will, from now on, act against Hamas with increasing military strength.”
The White House said it had been consulted and voiced support for Israel’s actions.
We told how Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah, rector of Glasgow University, said The White House voicing support for Israel’s actions means America is also complicit with the genocide in Gaza.
The new campaign comes as aid groups say supplies are running out, two weeks after Israel cut off all food, medicine, fuel and other goods to Gaza’s two million Palestinians.
Israel's war on Gaza has killed over 48,500 Palestinians, according to local health officials, and displaced 90% of Gaza’s population.
Zaher al-Waheidi, head of the Health Ministry's records department, said at least 263 of those killed on Tuesday were women or children under 18.
He described it as the deadliest day in Gaza since the start of Israel's assault on the territory.
Meanwhile, a senior Hamas official said Netanyahu’s decision to break the ceasefire deal amounts to a “death sentence” for the remaining hostages.
Izzat al-Risheq accused Netanyahu of launching the strikes to save his far-right governing coalition.
Hamas said at least six senior officials were killed in Tuesday’s strikes.
