(MEE) – Israel has struck a number of targets within the besieged Gaza Strip, probably shattering a ceasefire that Hamas mentioned was negotiated between Egypt and Israel.

Israel’s army attacked a Hamas compound and a weapons web site within the Khan Yunis district, Haaretz reported, citing an Israeli military spokesperson.

The strikes by Israel on Tuesday evening got here at some point after a rocket from Gaza hit a home north of Tel Aviv.

Opposite to Hamas’s declare, Israeli media shops Haaretz and Ynet reported on Tuesday {that a} ceasefire had not been reached to finish this week’s flare-up in violence within the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli army bombed a number of targets in Gaza all through the day on Monday, together with the workplace of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh and a Palestinian household’s dwelling in central Gaza Metropolis.

The violence started after a rocket fired from the besieged Palestinian territory hit a city in central Israel, wounding seven folks.

Israel was fast to accuse Hamas of being behind the assault, however the Palestinian group denied accountability.

An unidentified official in Gaza instructed AFP on Monday that the rocket could have been triggered unintentionally as a result of “unhealthy climate”.

As fears of an all-out Israeli struggle mounted, Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum mentioned late on Monday {that a} ceasefire was reached.

Based on the Gaza Ministry of Well being, seven Palestinians had been injured in a single day by the Israeli air strikes.

On Tuesday afternoon, a rocket fired from Gaza fell into an open space in Israel, triggering rocket alert sirens, Haaretz reported. The rocket didn’t trigger any injury or accidents, the Israeli newspaper mentioned.

An unnamed Gaza official instructed Reuters that Tuesday’s rocket assault was an “particular person” act, not accepted by Hamas or every other armed group within the Palestinian territory.

‘We are going to do what is critical’

Nonetheless, Israeli officers have known as for a harsh response in opposition to Hamas.

Chatting with pro-Israel foyer group AIPAC’s annual convention on Tuesday, through video feed from Israel, Netanyahu mentioned “nice drive” was used to answer Hamas.

“Within the final 24 hours, the [Israeli army] destroyed main Hamas terrorist installations on a scale not seen because the finish of the army operation in Gaza 4 years in the past … And I can inform you, we’re ready to do much more,” the Israeli premier mentioned.

“We are going to do what is critical to defend our folks and to defend our state.”

His remarks come simply two weeks earlier than the Israeli elections, during which he’s going through a serious problem from former Israeli military basic Benny Gantz.

Israel’s far-right training minister, Naftali Bennett, a Netanyahu ally, urged the nation’s army to make use of brute drive to “neutralize” Hamas, warning in opposition to taking a weak stand in opposition to the Palestinian group.

“If you happen to run from terror – the fear will comply with you,” he mentioned on Tuesday, as reported by Haaretz.