War against Hamas renewed

The Hamas jihadist organization refused to release any remaining hostages, and the IDF was forced back into action against them:

The Israel Defense Forces announced on Monday night that it has resumed extensive airstrikes on Hamas targets in Gaza.

The strikes are the most significant IDF strikes on Gaza since the beginning of the ceasefire on January 17 and come after Hamas failed to agree to proposals to extend the ceasefire.

The prime minister’s office released a statement:

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz have instructed the IDF to take strong action against the Hamas terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip. This follows Hamas’s repeated refusal to release our hostages, as well as its rejection of all of the proposals it has received from US Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff and from the mediators. The IDF is, at this time, attacking targets of the Hamas terrorist organization throughout the Gaza Strip in order to achieve the objectives of the war as they have been determined by the political echelon including the release of all of our hostages, the living and the deceased. Israel will, from now on, act against Hamas with increasing military strength. The operational plan was presented by the IDF over the weekend and approved by the political leadership.

They did the right thing, considering that, as previously reported, there were warning signs that the Hamas was going to commit another horrifying attack, and it needs to be prevented. This is just the beginning of a new operation to clean up the mess in Gaza the Religion of Peace led to.