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Hamas has accused Israel of deliberately trying to wreck the ceasefire agreement through what it called a fresh and “insidious escalation” of attacks on Gaza, warning that it will not allow Tel Aviv to force “new realities under fire”.

In a statement released on Wednesday, the group said the latest Israeli assault was a clear attempt “to undermine the ceasefire agreement and impose new realities by force”, accusing Washington of active complicity in the violence. The US administration’s “biased positions”, Hamas said, amount to “an actual partnership in shedding the blood of our children and women”.

Hamas said Israel “bears full responsibility for this dangerous escalation and its field and political consequences”, condemning what it described as a coordinated effort to sabotage the ceasefire and the so-called Trump plan, which Israel has previously used to expand its colonial project.

“The world must understand that the blood of our children and women is not cheap,” the statement warned, stressing that all Palestinian resistance factions remain committed to the agreement but “will not allow the enemy to impose new realities under fire”.

Hamas called on mediators and guarantors to intervene immediately and pressure Israel to halt its “massacres” and abide by the full terms of the deal, warning of consequences if the current trajectory continues.

Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz has officially barred the International Committee of the Red Cross from visiting Palestinians held under Israel’s so-called “unlawful combatants” law, a legal category that does not exist under international law and allows indefinite detention without charge, trial or oversight.

Katz claimed in a decree that allowing ICRC access would “seriously harm national security”, effectively ensuring that Palestinian detainees held under this exceptional measure remain entirely hidden from international monitoring.

Under the Unlawful Combatants Law, Israel can label any Palestinian an “unlawful combatant” and lock them up indefinitely without due process, blocking access to lawyers, outside observers and even keeping them in facilities beyond the standard judicial system.

Israel is currently holding at least 2,673 Palestinians under this system as of October 2023, according to figures from the Israel Prison Service obtained by the Israeli rights group HaMoked.

Rights organisations and UN experts have repeatedly condemned the practice as a tool of enforced disappearance and collective punishment.

Save the Children has condemned the soaring child casualties from Israel’s renewed assaults on Gaza, calling the situation “excruciating” and demanding that the ceasefire be upheld.

“After some weeks of cautious optimism and hopes of rebuilding Gaza, children and families are once again reliving scenes of fear and loss,” said Ahmad Alhendawi, the organisation’s regional director for the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe.

“This cannot become the new normal under a ceasefire. A lasting ceasefire must mean safety, relief and recovery for children, not continued suffering. It must be fully respected and upheld. We are pleading: stop this now. Protect the ceasefire, protect children, and give Gaza’s families a step towards the genuine peace they have been waiting for,” he added.

The olive harvest has begun in the occupied West Bank - but with it have come frequent, persistent attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians and their trees.

During the first half of 2025, the UN Rights Office recorded 757 assaults by settlers that resulted in injury or damage to property. Palestinians have been targeted, olive groves destroyed, and crops ruined, drawing criticism from UN human rights chiefs and condemnation globally. 

And in Gaza, which once had its own olive industry, almost all agricultural land has been destroyed by Israel’s two-year campaign, in which more than 68,000 Palestinians have been killed. 

Read more: Why are Israeli settlers destroying the Palestinian olive harvest?

A Palestinian man was wounded with fractures and bruises on Wednesday after Jewish settlers attacked residents in the lands of Al Sawiya, south of Nablus.

Mahmoud Hassan, head of the village council, said settlers targeted farmers and participants in an olive-picking event in the eastern fields, assaulting Nihad Abu Arar, the council’s deputy head, who fell in rugged terrain and sustained serious injuries, Wafa reported.

Hassan added: “Citizen Abu Arar was taken to hospital after the settlers, accompanied by dogs, attacked us along a rough path that the occupation police had directed us to use.”

Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has lashed out at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for not returning to what he called “full-scale war” in Gaza, after the Israeli army said it would resume the ceasefire.

“Once again, Hamas murders one of our soldiers during a ‘ceasefire,’ and once again, the Prime Minister chooses to conclude the incident with a ‘measured response’ and an immediate return to the ceasefire, while continuing to allow in ‘humanitarian’ aid, instead of returning to full-scale war and striving to quickly achieve the primary goal: the destruction of Hamas,” Ben-Gvir wrote on X.

He warned that if Netanyahu abandons the aim of dismantling Hamas, “the government will have no right to exist".

The Gaza Ministry of Health says Israeli strikes since last night have killed 104 Palestinians, including 46 children, and wounded 253 others - despite a ongoing ceasefire.

The ministry described the surge in casualties as part of Israel’s continuing escalation across the besieged territory.

It warned that hospitals are buckling under the growing number of victims as fuel shortages and medical supply restrictions push Gaza’s health system closer to collapse.

Israeli strikes across Gaza over the past 12 hours have killed at least 100 Palestinians, including 35 children, according to the Palestinian Civil Defence.

A spokesperson for the agency urged an “immediate and comprehensive ceasefire” and demanded the creation of safe humanitarian corridors to bring in fuel, medical supplies, and other essentials.

The civil defence said the ongoing bombardment and Israel’s blockade are crippling rescue operations, leaving emergency teams without the equipment and fuel they need to reach those trapped under the rubble.

The death toll of journalists in Gaza has risen to 256, following the killing of Mohammed al-Munirawi, a reporter for Palestine Newspaper, said the Government Media Office in Gaza.

• Al-Munirawi’s killing adds to the growing toll of Palestinian journalists who have lost their lives since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza, which press unions and rights groups say shows a pattern of deliberate targeting.

• In a statement, the Government Media Office said it "strongly condemns the systematic targeting, killing, and assassination of Palestinian journalists by the 'Israeli' occupation," calling on international journalist bodies to denounce what it described as ongoing crimes against the media.

• The statement held Israel, the United States, and European allies including the United Kingdom, Germany, and France fully responsible for what it called brutal crimes against journalists and media workers.

• It urged international organisations and journalist associations to demand accountability, prosecute Israeli officials in international courts, and apply real pressure to stop the ongoing assault and protect journalists in Gaza.

The Israeli military announced it has resumed the ceasefire in Gaza after breaking it on Tuesday and killing at least 100 civilians.

In a post on X, the military said it had “resumed enforcement of the agreement” under orders from Israeli leadership and targeted.

At least two Palestinians were killed and several others wounded after an Israeli airstrike hit a house south of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, a medical source at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital told Al Jazeera Arabic. 

Israel’s Channel 12 has reported that the assault on Gaza is expected to halt, with the ceasefire scheduled to resume at 10am local time.

In a separate report carried by i24NEWS, an unnamed Israeli official claimed that attacks on the Gaza Strip are “nearing their end,” saying Israeli forces had hit dozens of targets and carried out assassinations against what it claimed were Hamas members.