Israeli official thanks Trump administration as the country resumes war in Gaza

The Israel-Hamas ceasefire ended connected Monday erstwhile Israel announced it was resuming airstrikes successful Gaza. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) wrote connected its X relationship that it was "conducting extended strikes connected panic targets belonging to the Hamas violent enactment successful the Gaza Strip." Israel pointed to Hamas’ repeated refusal to judge a hostage merchandise and ceasefire hold arsenic the crushed for the instrumentality to war.

"Israel said, ‘Yes, we're consenting to widen ceasefire and to person much hostages released,’ but Hamas said ‘no.’ Very clearly, doubly Hamas said ‘no’ to the enactment of releasing much hostages and extending the ceasefire. So, basically, we are near with nary choice, with nary different enactment to merchandise our hostages," Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Oren Marmorstein told Fox News Digital.

As of now, according to Marmorstein, Israel’s "war objectives" see securing the hostages’ release, destroying Hamas infrastructure and ensuring determination "is nary much menace of different October 7th."

An Israeli subject vessel takes up presumption on Israel's confederate borderline with the bluish Gaza Strip connected March 19, 2025. Israel connected March 18 launched its astir aggravated strikes connected the Gaza Strip since a January 19 ceasefire with Palestinian militant radical Hamas ended much than 15 months of war. (JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

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Marmorstein acknowledged that Palestinians were suffering, but placed the blasted connected Hamas for utilizing Gaza civilians arsenic "human shields." Israel has often pointed to Hamas’ usage of civilian infrastructure, specified arsenic hospitals, successful its panic operations.

Prior to the airstrikes, IDF Spokesperson for Arabic Media Col. Avichay Adraee issued a informing to Gazans successful Arabic. In the past, Israel has besides utilized Arabic pamphlets and different methods to pass Palestinians up of its operations.

The IDF’s translation of portion of Adraee’s connection reads, "For your ain safety, determination distant to the known shelters successful occidental Gaza City and successful the metropolis of Khan Yunis. Staying successful the country marked successful reddish whitethorn endanger you and your family."

When asked astir the Hostages and Missing Families Forum’s connection calling for an contiguous instrumentality to the ceasefire, Marmorstein insisted that resuming warfare operations would unafraid the hostages’ release.

"If you privation to person the hostages’ release, you needed to spell into this cognition due to the fact that Hamas was precise adamant successful their determination not to judge immoderate offer, immoderate connection to widen the ceasefire," Marmorstein said.

Palestinians inspect the tract of an Israeli onslaught connected a residential gathering successful Gaza City, March 19, 2025. (REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas)

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Trump’s peculiar envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, was trying to marque a "corridor" betwixt phases 1 and 2 of the ceasefire plan, which would person seen the merchandise of much hostages, according to Marmorstein. The Israeli authoritative said that the Jewish authorities accepted much than 1 U.S. proposal, portion Hamas rejected them.

Marmorstein besides said that Hamas "rhetoric" connected the warfare "has thing to bash with reality," adding that statements from the U.S. bespeak a "clear knowing that Hamas" is astatine fault. Additionally, Marmorstein told Fox News Digital that Israel consulted with the Americans, thing that White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told "Hannity" earlier this week.

"The Trump medication and the White House were consulted by the Israelis connected their attacks successful Gaza tonight," Leavitt told "Hannity" connected Monday night.

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talk during a quality league successful the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, successful Washington, D.C. (Alex Brandon/AP)

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When speaking to Fox News Digital, Marmorstein offered precocious praise for the Trump administration, saying that Israel "cannot anticipation for a amended person successful the U.S."  Marmorstein told Fox News Digital that the narration betwixt the U.S. and Israel reached "new peaks" with President Donald Trump. He besides said that Israel was "grateful" for the U.S. and Trump’s enactment during the war.

Marmorstein expressed assurance successful Israel’s quality to decision Hamas and echoed the connection of erstwhile Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, who said that Israel’s "secret weapon" was that the Jews had nary different spot to go.

"This is the combat that we were forced to combat and volition triumph it. And I tin archer you, I cognize we'll triumph it due to the fact that of elemental reason, we'll triumph this combat against Hamas and against Houthis and against immoderate different violent organization, due to the fact that we person nary different choice," Marmorstein told Fox News Digital.