The media reported on the possible resumption of hostilities in Gaza

The Israeli army may resume military operations in the Gaza Strip in a week and a half if the Palestinian Hamas movement does not agree to proceed to the second stage of the ceasefire agreement with the release of all hostages. This was reported on March 3 by the newspaper Jerusalem Post.

It is noted that the negotiation process between the parties has now reached an impasse: Hamas has not yet approved the American proposal to release the remaining hostages.

"Currently on this (negotiation. Nothing is moving in this direction," a source familiar with Israeli-Palestinian contacts told the newspaper.

According to Tel Aviv officials, instead of fulfilling the American plan, Hamas may agree to release the hostages in exchange for the release of prisoners from Israeli prisons or the admission of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.

Earlier that day, the Defense Army Israel (IDF) launched an airstrike on the territory of the Palestinian enclave, followed later followed by another. The reason for the attack in both cases was the discovery of "suspicious persons" near the positions of the Israeli military in the Gaza Strip.

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