by Nader Durgham at Middle East Eye
At least 155 Palestinians were killed during the truce before Tuesday’s bombings even began
Israel’s renewed attacks on the Gaza Strip have killed over 400 people since dawn on Tuesday.
The Israeli military has carried out countless air strikes across the besieged Palestinian enclave, unravelling the ceasefire it agreed with Hamas in January.
However, this is not the first violation of the ceasefire agreement, which aimed to release Israeli captives in return for an end to the war on Gaza.
Middle East Eye details some of the ways Israel has violated the fragile truce before unilaterally resuming the conflict altogether.
Since the ceasefire in Gaza went into force on 19 January and until Tuesday’s surprise attack, Israel killed 155 Palestinians in sporadic strikes and attacks on the enclave, Gaza’s government media office has said.
One of its recent strikes on northern Gaza killed nine people, including aid workers for a UK-based charity and journalists working with the group.
Hamas had called the attack an “escalation” and a “deliberate sabotage of any opportunity to complete the [ceasefire] agreement’s implementation”.