Netanyahu instructed the military to take measures against terrorist targets in Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the IDF to take decisive action against terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip. This was reported on October 19 by the Times of Israel newspaper with reference to the Prime Minister's office.

It is clarified that the relevant instruction was given during a meeting between Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yisrael Katz, as well as the heads of the General Security Service (SHABAK) and the intelligence service (Mossad).

On the edge of the world: the Gas deal ran into problems on the very first day

Disputes over the transfer of the bodies of the dead hostages and the disarmament of Hamas threaten to undermine the compromise reached.

Earlier in the day, The Times of Israel reported that Israel had launched airstrikes on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip in response to an attack on IDF forces there. Later, the army press service confirmed the strikes. At the same time, Hamas confirmed its commitment to the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip and blamed Israel for its violation.

On October 13, US President Donald Trump announced the end of the war in the Gaza Strip and the release of Israeli hostages by the Hamas movement. According to him, representatives of the Palestinian movement will implement the disarmament plan. Later, at the Sharm el-Sheikh summit, representatives of Egypt, the United States, Qatar and Turkey signed an agreement to end the conflict in the Gaza Strip.

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